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During Saddam Hussein’s reign in Iraq, Sunni community has enjoyed a lot at the political and social levels. But now the time has changed, Iraq has governed by Shiite leaders who have support of US government. In their recent move, Iraqi authorities have shut down the country’s most influential Sunni clerical group.

That is supposed to support the extremist group like al-Qa’ida. This group has been vocal in its disdain for the government led by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shiite Muslim. The association has always justified killing and assassinations carried out by Al-Qaida. Earlier Sunni Muslims in Iraq had also boycotted of the January 2005 and opposed the U.S. military presence in Iraq. It seems that US led is trying to build army and police units in Sunni-dominated parts of Iraq. Mast of the time US soldiers were attacked in Sunni-dominated parts of Iraq.
However, Sunni and Shia Arabs mostly stem from similar tribal backgrounds, but on some issues they have different outlooks and because of brutal sectarianism and political violence in Iraq, we hear news of Shia- Sunni conflicts time to time. For both the communities the Islamist movements operate as independent and separate vehicles for the interests of each community. Closing down the association could start fresh battle against Shiite-backed government and US troops by the extremist Sunni groups. However some Sunni groups have started supporting the Americans too.

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