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 northern half of Iraq.

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 capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and a center of Islamic scholarship, is one of the most important religious cities in Iraq. [4]

Jun 18, 2014 · Under Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, which was dominated by Sunnis, the country clashed with Iran. The Sunni-Shia divide is nearly 1,400 years old, dating back to a dispute over the succession of leadership in the Muslim community following the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632.

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 said to lie near Baghdad (the southeast point), Ramadi …

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 (Saddam’s...

Apr 27, 2023 · Sectarian tensions are mounting in Iraq as the newly ascendant Shia majority struggles to accommodate the Sunni and Kurdish minorities while confronting extremist Sunni groups.

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 Arabs and Kurds....

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 and nationalist movement, came to power in 1968, it was dominated by Sunnis from the area north of …

Feb 24, 2006 · Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq was ruled by a mostly secular Sunni Arab elite, which viciously suppressed the Shiite Arab majority and the Kurdish minority.

Jan 4, 2025 · Systemic Failures: Marginalization of Sunni Arabs in Iraq. Iraq’s political, social, and economic failures of the last 21 years are deeply rooted in one stark reality: the systematic marginalization and deprivation of Sunni Arabs at the hands of the Shiite-led central government.