How Trump’s new travel ban still targets Iraq
Sunni refugees who lived under ISIS rule face fear and suspicion in Iraq, Turkey—and now the United States
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The Sunni vs. Shia schism, and why it matters 1,300 years later
It would be simplistic to say the sectarian outrage over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shia cleric was only religion-driven—and would ignore key history
How a prophecy can help us better understand Islamic State
William McCants on the apocalyptic End Times prophecies that drive Islamic State, why it’s so dangerous—and why it is so difficult to defeat
In the Middle East, an ancient war is new again
A bitter, violent clash between Islam’s two major sects is dividing and, increasingly, defining the region
A Sunni widow’s lament
Her husband went to look for a safer place to live. He didn’t return.