Sunni Islam in Iraq (Arabic: الإسلام السني في العراق) is the second-largest sect of Islam in Iraq after Shia Islam. The majority of Iraqi Sunni Muslims are Arabs. Iraqi Sunni Muslims mainly inhabit the …

There are the two main types of Islam in Iraq: Shia Islam, which is practiced by about 55-60% of Muslims, and Sunni Islam, which is practiced by about 35-40%. [3] Baghdad, which was once …

The Sunni Triangle is a densely populated region of Iraq to the north and west of Baghdad inhabited mostly by Sunni Muslim Arabs. [1] The roughly triangular area's points are usually …

Oct 14, 2005 · Most Sunni Arabs reside in central Iraq, including the so-called Sunni Triangle, an area that stretches northwest of Baghdad and encompasses insurgent strongholds like Tikrit …

Jun 18, 2014 · The ongoing and intensifying conflict in Iraq has fallen – at least in part – along sectarian lines, with the Sunni Muslim militant group ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) …

Feb 7, 2014 · In Iraq, about one-third of the population is Sunni, although over 80 percent of the global Muslim population is of the Sunni branch. In Iraq, Sunni Islam is found among both …

Jan 4, 2025 · While Syria’s new leader Mohammed al-Jolani, now known as Ahmad al-Sharaa, has crystallized his intent to exact revenge against Iran, Hezbollah, and Alawites, Iraqi Sunnis …

Without effective political representation, the Sunni in Iraq are left with few alternatives to address their grievances against the Maliki government. The important decisions lie ahead on whether …

The primary grievances of most Iraqi Sunnis include the integration of Shi‘a militias into the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), attacks by the ISF in Sunni civilian areas, and political exclusion in …

Jun 18, 2014 · Although the Shiites were a majority in Iraq, Sunnis predominated in positions of power and wealth throughout the twentieth century. When the Baath Party, a secular, socialist …