A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
1An attack on a major Shi'ite holy site could fuel sectarian violence.
2Sunni-Shi'ite tensions threatened to boil over into a civil war last year.
3He said Shi'ite-dominated Iran did not want the Taliban back in power.
4But he said that some Shi'ite paramilitary factions had exploited the situation.
5The list of banned candidates actually included more Shi'ite politicians than Sunnis.
6The new Shi'ite alliance is still four seats short of a majority.
7Top News Funerals held in Iraq for victims of bombing targeting Shi'ite pilgrims.
8Processions by minority Shi'ite Muslims are often attacked by majority Sunni Muslim militants.
9The United States has said Iran trains and arms Shi'ite militants.
10The 40-day Shi'ite mourning period has become a lightning rod for sectarian violence.
11Sunni Saudi Arabia sees Shi'ite Iran as its main rival in the region.
12The last conflict devastated many southern villages and the Shi'ite suburbs of Beirut.
13They fault Shi'ite leaders for moving too slowly toward this goal.
14Basra has become the epicenter of a fight between Shi'ite factions.
15They added that they had witnessed the looting of stores by Shi'ite militiamen.
16Analysts say all bets are off if insurgents destroy a major Shi'ite shrine.