Shiites, who lead Iran and the Iraqi government, are the next largest sect.
The granddaughter of a noted Talmudic scholar, she was a member of the Gur sect of Hasidic Jews, the largest sect in Poland before the Holocaust, Mr. Berger said.
By late 2006, the Sunni insurgency had been largely taken over by extremist groups like Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, who were attacking Shiites, the country's largest sect.
"Those people have performed veritable miracles," he said, referring to the Shiite Muslims who are the largest sect among Lebanon's 4 million inhabitants.
The leaders of that community's largest sect are aligned with Mr. Lopez, who represents Williamsburg in Albany, and he said he was "pulling out all my resources" to help Mr. Dilan win Jewish voters.
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The Reform Movement is the largest sect of Judaism in the US, claiming to represent 1.5 million people, and its members provide a key source of financial support and political advocacy for Israel.
The tentative U.S. moves to engage Shiite leaders are often not by choice or design, but rather a reflection of realities on the ground, including the fact that Shiites make up the largest sect in three countries in which the United States has enormous stakes, U.S. officials and regional experts say.
The fear of HIV lies in the fear of another stigma, a "deserved" stigma by the larger sect of society on queer men.
If this week's demonstration in Cairo happens, it will provide more evidence of how some Sunni are conflating Shiism, the second largest sect within Islam, with Iran itself.
