It fuels social disintegration in several majority muslim states, devolving into intramuslim civil or sectarian wars iraq, syria, yemen. The books have been authored and published in line with the idea of promoting dialogue to bring islamic schools of thought closer together and boost scientific and intellectual interaction among. Muslim brothers, has prevented the rise of sunni radicalism in iran since. Dudoignons book shows that the key reason for this is tehrans cultivation of good. Irans islamic republic and the muslim brotherhood european. By the 10th century, the majority of persians had become muslim, at least nominally. Nov 09, 20 since the founding of the islamic republic in 1979, the government has denied sunnis in tehran province permission to construct and operate sunni mosques, according to sunni activists. This book delves into the ideologies within the various strands of political islam and.
Thus, iran became the only global shia power which attracted the allegiance of the majority of shia around the world, mainly in the middle east. Irans population is about 82,000,000 people, and islam is the religion of 99. Sunni muslims regard their denomination as the mainstream and traditionalist branch of islam as distinguished from the minority denomination, the shi. How to recapture the muslim worlds lost hope the atlantic. Full text of the ilkhanid book of ascension a persian sunni devotional tale see other formats. How is it to live as a sunni in tehran and iran generally. The sunni shia split has its roots in disagreements over authority after the death of the prophet mohammed in the seventh century. Tehran sheikh abdullatif alhamim, head of the sunni endowment of iraq, has issued a fatwa, calling on sunni muslims to defend the islamic republic of iran in the face of u. The differences between shia and sunni muslims business. The precarious existence of irans sunni muslims wypr. Shiitemajority iran is home to millions of sunnis, including the sunni imam who opened his door to nprs steve inskeep in tehran. Iraqi cleric urges sunni muslims to defend iran against u.
One of the most influencial sunni scholars of iran from zahedan city, shaikh abdulhamid ismailzehi reminded the iranian regime of their empty rhetorics of shia sunni unity and asks for the permission of building a real mosque in tehran for the sunnis, where sunnis can pray the five prayers seperately not like shias at three times a day, tehran is the only capital in the islam world. Countries like saudi arabia, egypt, yemen, pakistan, indonesia, turkey, algeria, morocco, and tunisia are predominantly sunni. The video is to demotivate any propaganda that sunni muslims have a miserable terrible life in iran due to government. Raising awareness for sunni prisoners facing persecution, torture and execution in iran. Oct 05, 2015 sunni muslims are also present in more countries and regions throughout the world, whereas most of shia muslims live in four countries. The baluch, sunnism and the state in iran hurst publishers. Sunni muslim art ars artistic adventure of mankind. One radical act, he warns, could bring pain on the whole community. Jan 04, 2016 tehran s policy of supporting shia militias and parties beyond its borders was matched by sunni ruled gulf states, which strengthened their links to sunni governments and movements elsewhere. Iran, a shia country, ordered its sunni minority not to hold separate prayers in tehran for eid al. I will give you a brief introduction of almost all of them but before that let me also give a summary of most important. Zahedan is one of the few cities in iran with a majority sunni population. In january 2010, there were reports that 19 sunni clerics had been arrested for spreading sunni teachings in several parts of the country.
The muslim conquest of persia 637651 led to the end of the sasanian empire and the. Sunni are subdivided into many subsects based on jurisprudence and theological differences. It is not a part of quran and has nothing to do with allahs commandments or legal rulings. Saudi arabia, iran, and the fortyyear rivalry that unraveled. The quran is a mushaf book, but any book is not necessarily the quran.
In january 2010, there were reports that 19 sunni clerics had been arrested for spreading sunni teachings in. In shia majority areas where sunnis are very few sunnis cant have separate masjid they need to pray with shias. Now sunnis make 8% of iran population and live in mountainous regions. Jan 25, 2020 in the sunni city of falluja, they held up banners to mourn the shia protesters killed in the town of nasiriyah. Everyone who has visited iran can confirm that in provinces where sunni branch of islam. Sunni muslims take sahih muslim to be the second most important book from among alsihah alsitta. Aug 31, 2011 sunni muslims in tehran have been banned from congregating at prayers marking the end of ramadan. In 2015 it was estimated, as per official statistics, that there are 47,291 shiite mosques and 10,344 sunni mosques in iran. Lift restrictions on sunni worship human rights watch. Iran, a shia country, ordered its sunni minority not to hold separate prayers in tehran for eid alfitr, the muslim festival that brings the month of fasting to an end. The author said sunnis are 8590 percent of the worlds 1. Sunni imam aziz babaei, in his prayer room in tehran, has been telling other iranian sunnis to be careful. The islamic states coordinated assault on irans parliament and the mausoleum of the late ayatollah khomeini on june 7 was its firstever attack in iran.
Sunni muslims in tehran have been banned from congregating at prayers marking the end of ramadan. Iranian sunnis have faced statesanctioned repression of their faith. Aug 03, 2016 the norwaybased iran human rights, which documents irans use of the death penalty, reported that the executions had been carried out on tuesday morning at rajaee shahr prison in the city of. Sunni muslims are also present in more countries and regions throughout the world, whereas most of shia muslims live in four countries. The contemporary great game playing out bloodily between oilfired theocracies in sunni saudi arabia and shia iran is the subject of dilip hiros latest book.
Most sunnis in iran are kurds, achomis, turkmens, and baluchs, living in the northwest, northeast, south, and southeast. Find all the latest news on terrorism and fundamentalism in iran. Mushaf fatimah was a book written or dictated by fatimah a after the prophets s death. American sunni, british shia turn muslims against each. Posted on january 31, 2018 may 28, 2019 by carolinarh posted in islamic art tagged alhambra of granada, fountain of the lions, islamic art, islamic manuscript paintings, islamic sculpture, paintings of the alhambra, pisa griffin, shahnameh book of kings, sunni muslim art, xiite muslim art, xiite muslim illuminated manuscripts. Life of sunni muslim in iran in the name of allah the most. Over 80 million people live in iran and the vast majority are shia muslims. The prayers were scheduled to be led in the sunni prayer room in the western district of pounak, under the leadership of abdul.
Americans remember the revolution in tehran, which brought to power the ayatollah khomeinis islamic republic, turned back decades of social liberalization in. During the 1979 islamic revolution, ayatollah khomenai originally promised to let them build a mosque. Jan 04, 2016 the differences between shia and sunni muslims are at the center of the iransaudi arabia conflict. Olsi jazexhi is in the ehlil sunna mosque of tehran, iran. With islamic state militants just kilometres from the countrys western border, and increasingly radical antishia militants to the east in pakistan, gareth smyth examines irans sunni. I dont live in iran but i visited iran recently for 15 days with 4 other female travelmates. Iran, a shia country, ordered its sunni minority not to hold separate prayers in tehran. President donald trumps middle east peace plan will be discussed, the iranian foreign ministry said. Sunni can have their mosques in a place that majority of people are sunni. In fact, they think it is the most important book ever after the quran and sahih albukhari. The conflicts between shia and sunni muslims go back to the 7th century and the death of the prophet muhammad. Tehran and sidetrips as hes done with previous programs on israel, egypt, and eastern turkey, rick takes us beyond europe to a place thats rich with historyand mystery. Im not an expert on iran, i was there for only 15 days, i just want to share what i experienced as a sunni in that short period as a to. Apr 27, 2011 the iranian authorities raided on a worship place of sunni muslims in tehran.
Just like to be a shia muslim there is no difference between shia and sunni muslim in poltical system of iran. Sunni, arabic sunni, member of one of the two major branches of islam, the branch that consists of the majority of that religions adherents. Oct 04, 2015 ten to % are shia muslims, and 87 to 90% are sunni muslims. The differences between shia and sunni muslims ethiopian. Dec 23, 2016 one of the most influencial sunni scholars of iran from zahedan city, shaikh abdulhamid ismailzehi reminded the iranian regime of their empty rhetorics of shiasunni unity and asks for the permission of building a real mosque in tehran for the sunnis, where sunnis can pray the five prayers seperately not like shias at three times a day, tehran is the only capital in the islam world. Jan 28, 2020 americans remember the revolution in tehran, which brought to power the ayatollah khomeinis islamic republic, turned back decades of social liberalization in iranian society and triggered the. The beleaguered sunnis of iran, caught in the sectarian feud. Iran was a sunni state before safawi rule, sunnis were persecuted in iranian cities. These disagreements about the nature of an ideal muslim leader eventually created two distinct and dominant sects of islam. Sunni muslims attack iranian parliament and khomeini mausoleum, at least 12 dead jun 7, 2017 8. Before it was weaponized in the years following 1979, the sunnishia schism lay. The pahlavi dynasty, which ruled iran from 1925 to 1979, refused to grant the sunnis building permission.
Sunni muslims in iran have faced this problem since the islamic revolution. Its forbidden to call a muslim state for islamic republic, only iran can do such thing, it goes against islam but hey. For example, following prophet muhammads death, his close friend and adviser, abu bakr, became the first caliph successor or deputy of the prophet of the islamic nation. Saudi arabia, iran, and the fortyyear rivalry that. Vali nasr the sunnishia divide and the future of islam. The unraveling of the muslim world the new york times. Feb 02, 2020 saudi arabia blocks iran from islamic groupings meeting tehran. Prayers in tehran iranian sunni imam speaks against the satanic khomeini regime and demanging a single sunni masjid in tehran. Jul 05, 2019 mohammed amr, researcher focused on the muslim brotherhood.
A history of the shiite sunni split the division of islam into sunni and shiite branches goes far back in muslim history to the aftermath of the death of the prophet muhammad. Nearly 90% of iranians are shia and about 10% are sunni. Approximately 10 percent of iranians are sunni, many living in the provinces of sistan and baluchistan, kurdistan. Full text of the ilkhanid book of ascension a persian sunni. Sunni islam returned to rule when ghazan converted. One strategy that authorities are not pursuing, however, is development. Quotes from the prophet, members of his household, and major sunni scholars. Does the iranian constitution prohibit building sunni mosques. Mchugos book details the history of sunnishia relations tna. Parallels shiitemajority iran is home to millions of sunnis, including the sunni imam who opened his door to nprs steve inskeep in tehran.
The conflicts between shia and sunni muslims go back to the seventh century and the death of the prophet muhammad. For example in some cities that majority of people are sunni,even you will barely find shea mosque. The differences between shia and sunni muslims are at the. Weve been talking with a sunni muslim who lives in shiitedominated iran.
Sunni community leaders, however, say that figure may be as high as 25%. For decades, tehran s sunni minority has sought to build a mosque but authorities have always prevented the construction. Sunni muslims agree with many of the prophets companions at the time of his death. Dubai reuters saudi arabia has barred an iranian delegation from an organization of islamic cooperation oic meeting in jeddah on monday where u. Indeed, the continued underdevelopment of these regions is. Tehran leader of the islamic revolution ayatollah ali khamenei said on saturday that the american sunni and british shia are the two blades of the same scissors who turn muslims against one another, khaemeni. A refutation of the spurious claim that the shiah believe in a different quran than sunnis do.
It seems that even primary statistics refutes these accusations. The precarious existence of irans sunni muslims kpcw. He questions imam shaykh aziz babai about the situation of sunni muslim community of tehran. Iran executes at least 10 sunni prisoners despite unfair. Iranian authorities have been exerting considerable effort to stem the spread of salafism and wahhabism into irans mainly hanafi sunni majority regions. Dec 11, 20 the video is to demotivate any propaganda that sunni muslims have a miserable terrible life in iran due to government.
The iranian authorities raided on a worship place of sunni muslims in tehran. Nearly 90% of iranian muslims are shia and about 10% are sunni. Since 2002 sunni jihadi groups like jaysh aladl have been active in iranian baluchistan, yet the region remains relatively stable. The differences between shia and sunni muslims business insider. Khomeini, ironically, arrived in tehran in 1979 on a french aircraft, declared an islamic revolution in the country, and transformed it into a shia state. It might seem that the historic sectarian divide would keep the shii ruling clergy of iran and the sunni muslim brotherhood apart, but in fact the two forces have much in common.
The majority of the zahedans baluch population, as well as the refugees, are sunnis, most adhering to the hanafi school of islamic jurisprudence. How iran fueled islams sunnishiite divide arab news. A history of the shiitesunni split the division of islam into sunni and shiite branches goes far back in muslim history to the aftermath of the death of the prophet muhammad. Specifically, sunni islam came to rule in iran after the period sunni were distinguished from shia through the ghaznavids from 975 ad, followed by the great seljuq empire and the khwarazmshah dynasty until the mongol invasion of iran. Life of sunni muslim in iran in the name of allah the.
According to independent estimates, sunnis make up between five and nine percent of the total population. The threat of militant extremism among irans sunnis is being taken very seriously in tehran. Iranian sunnis complain of discrimination iran al jazeera. Sunni muslims banned from holding own eid prayers in tehran. Paradox and power in the islamic republic, by ray takeyh, times books, 2006. According to government estimates, sunnis make up between 7% and 10% of irans population. The works were unveiled in a ceremony at the 33 rd international islamic unity conference on thursday, november 14, 2019 twelve books written or complied by the forum were praised at the event. Significant populations of shia muslims can be found in iran and iraq.
The sunni community still has not been able to build a mosque in tehran and, in recent years, sunni mosques were destroyed in eastern iran near zabol, sistanbaluchistan, and mashhad. For many sunni muslim countries, iran is not necessarily a. An outline of the differences between the sunnis and the shiite in matters of faith and doctrine. Differences between shia and sunni muslims business insider.
The international campaign for human rights in iran ichri cited activist reports that authorities in ahvaz arrested 20 arabiranians february 26 for converting from shia islam to sunni islam. Moreover, the claim that theres a risk of shiite islam spreading in sunni states portrays sunni countries as being weak and on the defensive as if the sweeping sunni majority, comprising some 90 percent of all muslims, were actually afraid of the power of the shiites, who comprise only about 10 percent of the worlds 1. Foreign publications and sunnis books banned in tehran. The written zoroastrian holy book, called the avesta, dates back to between 600 and. The official website of the forging affairs committee of the national council of resistance of iran. Top scientific works of muslim world unveiled in tehran. Sep 01, 2011 sunni muslims in tehran have been banned from congregating at prayers marking the end of ramadan.
Muslim life in america after 911, was published in september 2006 by oxford university press. The beleaguered sunnis of iran, caught in the sectarian. Sunni muslims make up an 85 percent majority of muslims all over the world. Today, the sunni shia divide and the future of islam. The precarious existence of irans sunni muslims kpbs. Surely we have revealed the reminder holy quran and we most surely are its guardian. Sunni muslims are the secondlargest religious group in iran.
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