1.   Pressure on the Shiite community was to continue, despite well-publicized conciliatory gestures.

2.   The island state blames activists from the majority Shiite community inspired by Iran.

3.   Chalabi is a member of the Shiite community, which despite being in a slight majority in Iraq wields little power.

4.   Even the Shiite community is divided between Iranian-backed Hezbollah and the mainstream, Syrian-backed Amal movement.

5.   Even the ethnic makeup of the Shiite community hampers unity.

6.   Hafez Assad appealed to an influential Shiite cleric who ruled that Alawites are part of the Shiite community.

7.   Gulf Arab states on the western shores of the Gulf have sizable Shiite communities with deep religious links to Iran.

8.   However, in Parachinar the large Shiite community is particularly militant, officials said.

9.   Hundreds belonging to the Shiite community demonstrated Friday in Bukker, chanting slogans against a rival Sunni group.