1.   Most Kurds are secular Muslims who belong to the main Sunni sect.

2.   The Saudi royal family is from the Sunni sect of Islam and only a minority of Saudis, mainly in the east of the country, are Shiites.

3.   A colleague of Qayyum blamed the attack on members of a rival Sunni sect of Islam.

4.   Almost all of the remaining population belongs to the Sunni sect of Islam.

5.   Another neighbor, predominately Shiite Muslim Iran, has been suspicious of the rise of the conservative Taliban, who adhere to the Sunni sect of Islam.

6.   Bahrain is ruled by the Al Khalifa family who belong to the mainstream Sunni sect.

7.   At the time they blamed militant members of the rival Sunni sect.

8.   But the small and prosperous island nation is ruled by the Al Khalifa family, which belongs to the mainstream Sunni sect of Islam.

9.   He is a Shiite Muslim, while the majority of Saudis are from the mainstream Sunni sect of Islam.

10.   He is a Shiite Muslim, while the majority of Saudis adhere to the mainstream Sunni sect of Islam.