The strength people drew from Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussain, who laid down his life fighting an unjust ruler in the seventh century, played a key role in seeing Iraqis through in the war on ISIS
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How Iraq Decimated ISIS By Also Taking It On Ideologically
Iraqi religious leaders denounced ISIS violence, emphasized its impact on all religious communities, supported justice for victims and survivors and ensured unity in the fight against the terror group militarily and intellectually
Bahrain: How Liberalizing Persian Gulf State Showed Arab Nations Way
Bahrain has been a trendsetter in the Middle East including in introducing greater participation of women in political and public spheres that have inspired other Gulf nations to follow suit
Iraq Diaries: Bridge-Building And Liberation Of Tikrit From ISIS
Tikrit was a test case for Iraq’s ability to unite the country after ISIS massacred 1,700 air force cadets, mostly Shia, at Camp Speicher there to drive a permanent sectarian wedge for the Iraqi state’s implosion
Iraq Diaries: Show Of Shia-Sunni Battlefield Unity
To showcase the broad-based resistance against ISIS, we were driven to Baghdad's riverside palm tree-shaded Jadriya locality for a show of Shia-Sunni unity by commanders fighting the terror group
How American Invasion Ended Up Helping Iran
Iran built a corridor of influence extending up to the Mediterranean when the US left Iraq in 2011 and left the field open for its archfoe and helped Tehran keep Bashar al-Assad in power in Syria and support Hezbollah in Lebanon
Ahl al-Bayt: Bearers Of Prophet Muhammad’s Light
Ahl al-Bayt (people of the Prophet Muhammad's household) are known as nur-e-Muhammadi, or the bearers of his light, as well as his trustees ‘privy to his esoteric and religious knowledge'
How Shia-Sunni Bridge-Building Worked In Face Of ISIS Threat
Successes against ISIS would have been impossible without national unity when the bloody civil war deepened Shia-Sunni fissures