Shiite and Sunni militias have set "sectarian" boundaries.Once a symbol of Iraq's tolerance and a fortress against civil war, Sunni-Shiite marriages have become a curse for couples, who are forced to get their own ways out of fear or deep mistrust in a country increasingly being latticed with ethnic boundaries, The Washington Post reported Sunday, March 4.
"It's better if you go", Mrs Shammari, a Shiite, told her Sunni husband Ahmad after a 23-year-old marriage that produced three siblings.
Ahmad, 55, was reluctant at the very beginning to say goodbye to his wife, but eventually gave in, fearing for the life of their eldest son Omar, who carried a Sunni name.
Shiite militias had forced dozes of Sunni families from their homes in the couple's Baghdad neighborhood of Hurriyah. (MORE)
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"It's better if you go", Mrs Shammari, a Shiite, told her Sunni husband Ahmad after a 23-year-old marriage that produced three siblings.
Ahmad, 55, was reluctant at the very beginning to say goodbye to his wife, but eventually gave in, fearing for the life of their eldest son Omar, who carried a Sunni name.
Shiite militias had forced dozes of Sunni families from their homes in the couple's Baghdad neighborhood of Hurriyah. (MORE)
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1172571565036&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
Please also see:
Iraq's Mandaeans 'face extinction'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6412453.stm