“A Muslim just follows Allah. Sunni-Shiah? That's farga, the groups—Allah discourages this in the Quran, you know, never ever form the groups.” — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“al-Tabari after his birthplace in Tabaristan, on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea—was a Sunni scholar living and writing in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Religious distinctions are deeply important for many of the problems in today's Middle East, particularly between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Syria… — Max Fisher Copy Share Image
I felt it was a privilege that I came from such a rich background. I had the best of both worlds. My… — Mahesh Bhatt Copy Share Image
This current government in Iraq has never fulfilled the commitments it made to form a unity government with the Kurds, the Sunnis… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
If the Americans attack Iran for the first time in 1,400 years, we may unite Sunnis and Shias against us. So I… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] is not willing to send in apaches and spotters if the Iraqis say they don't want them and… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
The reason that ISIL was so successful, yes, it had to do with their capabilities and prowess on the battlefield, but they… — James Clapper Copy Share Image
And on this issue of the Shia in Iraq, I think there's been a certain amount of, frankly, Terry, a kind of… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Right, because they're looking at also organizing the Sunni tribes up around Mosul to take back that city as well. That's the… — Tom Bowman Copy Share Image
I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
There are some things that could hold it together, notably oil revenues. But at the moment, the much vaunted surge has had… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
The politicized version of Shia Islam that we see in the Islamic Republic post-1979 clearly is very conservative, but, there are other… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
“But Shia scholars would maintain that Muhammad had long before made the divinely guided choice of his closest male relative—his son-in-law Ali—as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was so lucky to be working with amazing actors like Shia and Evan and James Buckley and Mads Mikkelsen and Rupert… — Fredrik Bond Copy Share Image
Until quite recently I've been wholly cut off from [the Shias] because their tenets forbid them to look upon an unveiled woman… — Gertrude Bell Copy Share Image
There is no military solution to the war in Iraq. Our troops can help suppress the violence, but they cannot solve its… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust… — Barry McCaffrey Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias.… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
What we would be committed to would be a representative government where all the Iraqi people decide who should lead their nation,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Shia scholars would maintain that he had a clear intimation of mortality, and that he prefaced his declaration with these words: “The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'Holes' was my favorite book ever. So you know when you love a book and you hear it's being made into a… — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I don't think the whole of Iraq would be under al-Sadr, but I think he would be the predominant force on the… — Patrick Cockburn Copy Share Image
I asked Shia: who is the guy that terrifies you the most? And he said Mads. So it was somebody we both… — Fredrik Bond Copy Share Image
It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
If you look in the Muslim World right now, the Shia, the Sunni Muslims are standing at the brink of a pit… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
It is not coincidental that for so-called religious fundamentalists - whether they are Western or Eastern, Muslim or Christian - rigid male… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
Many of the fights that are going on are not ones that the United States has either started or have a role… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There are many, many discrepant views within the Shia theology about what's the proper role of religion in society or in the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes Sunni and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“The president [Barack Obama] is not willing to send in apaches and spotters if the Iraqis say they don't want them and if it means that these Shia mobilization forces are going to be going after and trying to kill Americans.” quote by Adam Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/adam-schiff-10222_apaches_the-president-barack-obama-is-not-willin_995160.png)
![“I've lived here [in Egypt] among Christians and Muslims, and we never had a conflict. Now you have a conflict between Christians and Muslims and Baha'is and Sunni and Shia. The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular.” quote by Nawal El Saadawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/nawal-el-saadawi-4167_baha_i-ve-lived-here-in-egypt-among-christian_1326210.jpg)
![“Until quite recently I've been wholly cut off from [the Shias] because their tenets forbid them to look upon an unveiled woman and my tenets don't permit me to veil Nor is it any good trying to make friends through the women - if they were allowed to see me they would veil before me as if I were a…” quote by Gertrude Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f9/gertrude-bell-36791_cutting_until-quite-recently-i-ve-been-wholly-cu_13723.jpg)
![“I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has said Israel doesn't have a dog in that fight because Assad is a puppet of Iran, a Shia radical Islamic terrorist, but at the same time, Prime Minister Netanyahu…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/ted-cruz-487_assad_i-ll-tell-you-whose-view-on-bashar-assad_363189.png)
![“It [the intelligence service] concludes that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons, that Saddam has continued to produce them, that he has existing and active military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, which could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own…” quote by Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/tony-blair-812_acquire_it-the-intelligence-service-concludes-th_1124830.jpg)
