The Challenges and Advances of Iranian Sunnis
2022年3月17日 · [i] Iranian Sunnis make up the majority in two provinces of Kurdistan and Sistan & Baluchistan, and a significant minority in three provinces of West Azerbaijan, Golestan, and Hormozgan. How do these Sunnis live under a Shia-dominated government? What challenges do they face and how does the government address them?
Sunnis in Iran: Protesting Against Decades of Discrimination and ...
2022年11月21日 · Iran’s Sunni minority—which in the absence of official and authoritative statistics in Iran is estimated to constitute around ten percent of Iran’s current estimated population of 86 million—has suffered disproportionately over the last four decades in terms of their political voice and representation. This long-term lack of ...
Myth vs. Fact: Iran’s Sunni Muslims — American Iranian Council
2019年10月17日 · Iranian Sunnis have faced state-sanctioned repression of their faith, societal discrimination and economic deprivation for centuries. Despite constitutional protections and guarantees, for Iran’s Sunnis, many of these challenges and injustices persist, oftentimes in the name of national security.
Iran’s Sunnis resist extremism, but for how long?
2018年4月6日 · Our latest issue brief, Iran’s Sunnis Resist Extremism, but for How Long? authored by veteran journalist Scheherezade Faramarzi lays bare Iran’s religious makeup, the history of the Sunni population, the influence of regional actors like Saudi Arabia, and efforts by the Iranian government to support Iranian Sunni leaders who advocate ...
Iran's Sunni Muslims face discrimination amid Eid al-Fitr
2024年4月8日 · Sunni Muslims, who make up 10% of Iran's population, say they have few rights in the Islamic Republic. Amid Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking Ramadan's end, they face ongoing discrimination...
Modern Sunni-Shia Tensions - Council on Foreign Relations
Iran’s Islamic revolution, which brought Shias to power in 1979, and the Sunni backlash have fueled a competition for regional dominance. This timeline highlights Sunni-Shia tensions in...
Nearly one million ethnic Persian Sunnis live in the south - ern provinces of Hormozgan and Fars and in north-ern Khorasan. The majority of Sunnis are ethnic Kurds, Baluch, and Turkmen, whose ethnic brethren extend be-yond Iran’s borders. There are also a very small number of Arab Sunnis in the southwestern province of Khuzestan,
The Precarious Existence Of Iran's Sunni Muslims
2016年2月11日 · We've been talking with a Sunni Muslim who lives in Shiite-dominated Iran. He's a member of one of the two great sects of Islam, which are increasingly seen in conflict. His story suggests just...
Iran’s Beleaguered Sunnis - The Atlantic
2016年1月6日 · The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) cited activist reports that authorities in Ahvaz arrested 20 Arab-Iranians February 26 for converting from Shia Islam to Sunni Islam,...
Iran’s Sunnis resist extremism, but for how long?
2018年4月6日 · Last year’s attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in the capital Tehran have raised fears that disgruntled Iranian Sunnis, who have until now largely escaped extremist influences, could become targets of radicalization by regional jihadist groups.