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Sunni-Shia tensions
![Growing Sectarianism Can Challenge Lasting Peace in Afghanistan Growing Sectarianism Can Challenge Lasting Peace in Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-15-30.jpg)
Growing Sectarianism Can Challenge Lasting Peace in Afghanistan
By Said Sabir Ibrahimi
The Taliban’s insistence on the supremacy of Sunni Hanafism has alarmed Afghan Shias who have long been marginalized.
![The Changing Landscape of Anti-Shia Politics in Pakistan The Changing Landscape of Anti-Shia Politics in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-28-8.jpg)
The Changing Landscape of Anti-Shia Politics in Pakistan
By Jaffer A. Mirza
A new anti-Shia campaign has been building in Pakistan, propelled by a radicalization of the mainstream like never before.
![Chitral: A Portrait of Sectarian Tension in Pakistan Chitral: A Portrait of Sectarian Tension in Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-chitral-airport.jpg)
Chitral: A Portrait of Sectarian Tension in Pakistan
By Shah Meer Baloch
Far from the headlines, a district in KP provides worrying evidence of a rise in religious hatred.
![Can India Avoid Iraq’s Sectarian Conflict? Can India Avoid Iraq’s Sectarian Conflict?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-06-26_05-04-55.jpg)
Can India Avoid Iraq’s Sectarian Conflict?
By Zachary Keck
Around 25,000 Indian Shias have volunteered to travel to Iraq to defend the Shia government in Baghdad.
![Solving the Sunni-Shia Conflict Begins with Tehran Solving the Sunni-Shia Conflict Begins with Tehran](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-23_10-34-26.jpg)
Solving the Sunni-Shia Conflict Begins with Tehran
By Nathan Gonzalez
‘If Syria and the broader Sunni-Shia conflicts are symptoms, then Iran’s isolation is the disease’
![Pakistan and the Sunni Gulf Pakistan and the Sunni Gulf](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-17_09-04-13.jpg)
Pakistan and the Sunni Gulf
By Umar Farooq
Overtures to Pakistan from the Sunni Gulf appear to be linked to the conflict in Syria.
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