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Sunni Shia Middle East Map. Explaining Sunni VS. Shia and Various Islamic Factions... The Last Refuge The recent diplomatic row between Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran reflects the two countries' long-standing rivalry for power in the Middle East The Umayyads consolidated Islamic rule over what we know today as the traditional center of the Islamic world as seen in the map above: North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

Today this religious division takes also political dimensions, it's a struggle for regional influence between Shia political powers, led by Iran, versus Sunni political powers, led by Saudi Arabia. Their mutual antagonism has its roots in the division between the two major sects of Islam, Sunni and Shiite, which dates back to the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632 AD.

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Today this religious division takes also political dimensions, it's a struggle for regional influence between Shia political powers, led by Iran, versus Sunni political powers, led by Saudi Arabia. Today this religious division takes also political dimensions, it's a struggle for regional influence between Shia political powers, led by Iran, versus Sunni political powers, led by Saudi Arabia. Where do Sunni and Shiite Muslims live in the region? Who rules over each country? FRANCE 24 takes a closer look with an interactive map.

The percentage of Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the MiddleEast. Source. The recent diplomatic row between Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and Shiite-dominated Iran reflects the two countries' long-standing rivalry for power in the Middle East Where do Sunni and Shiite Muslims live in the region? Who rules over each country? FRANCE 24 takes a closer look with an interactive map.

Map Sunni and Shiite influence in the Middle East. Sunni-Shia balance in the Middle East This map of the region's Sunnis and Shias is crucial for understanding the larger geopolitics of the Iraq crisis and how its neighbors are responding. The Iraq War further influenced regional power dynamics, solidifying Shi'ites as the predominant force in Iraq