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www.anglophonie.fr page 1/3 Log on our website to check out our previous reports! :) Sunni and Shiite Muslims (AFP News Agency, YouTube, 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hzk8d9uYiw&feature=share_email There are two main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shiite. Their differences date back to a leadership dispute following the death in 632 of the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed. Most of the Prophet’s companions supported his friends and father-in-law, Abu Bakr, as his successor. But others believed power should have passed to Ali, the prophet’s cousin and son-in-law and Ali’s sons and their descendants. Despite contrasting theological and religious practices, the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are united in agreement that Allah is the only god and the Prophet Mohammed is his messenger. Both branches also believe the Muslim sacred text, the Coran, is as the word of God. Sunnis are the majority across the Islamic world representing eighty percent of Muslims. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is widely considered the most powerful Sunni country while Iran is the Shiite Muslim powerhouse. Staying in the Middle East, Shiites are also the majority in Iraq and Bahrain. In addition, there are significant Shiite communities in Pakistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf (states). Differences between the two, often fueled by politics, have led to violence in a number of countries recently, including Syria and Iraq. In Syria Sunnis have increasingly dominated the opposition to president Bashar Al Assad’s regime. Assad belongs to the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam. During the three-year conflict, Shiite Iran has backed the Damascus government. Sunni Saudi Arabia has helped fund the rebels. In Iraq, meanwhile, the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Sadaam Hussein’s Sunni-dominated regime led to a dramatic shift in power as the long-oppressed Shiite majority took over. This triggered sectarian fighting, which has again engulfed the country. Iraq’s Sunni minority feels disenfranchised by the Shiite-led government. Extremists have taken advantage of this discontent spurred on by advances made by Sunni militants fighting in neighboring Syria, while a radical Sunni jihadist group in particular has gained power and influence. Known as the Islamic State, it has amassed considerable resources: money, weapons and oil through its brutal Iraq offensive. IS has declared a strict Islamic regime in territories it controls in Syria and Iraq and seeks to expand to other Muslim countries. Vocabulary 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. dates back father-in-law son-in-law while powerhouse significant Shiite communities fueled by politics have led to violence (lead, led, led) have increasingly dominated belongs to an offshoot has backed remonte à beau-père gendre tandis que une puissance importantes (en nombre) alimenté, aggravé ont conduit à la violence ont de plus en plus dominé appartient à un dérivé a soutenu page 2/3 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. meanwhile a shift in power took over this triggered has engulfed have taken advantage of .. spurred on (spur, spurred, spurred) in neighboring Syria weapons through its brutal Iraq offensive seeks to expand (seek, sought, sought) entre temps un transfert de pouvoir a pris le contrôle ceci a déclenché a englouti ont profité de .. encouragé, attisé dans la Syrie voisine des armes par moyen de cherche à s’étendre Sunni and Shiite Muslims (AFP News Agency, YouTube, 2014) Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words There are two main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shiite. 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Extremists have t of a (ont profité) this discontent s o by advances made Sunni militants fighting in neighboring Syria, while a radical Sunni jihadist (encouragé) group in particular has gained power and influence. Known as the Islamic State, it has amassed considerable resources: money, w and oil t its brutal Iraq offensive. IS has declared a strict Islamic regime in (des armes) (par moyen de) territories it controls in Syria and Iraq and s to e (cherche à s’étendre) to other Muslim countries.