The roots of the divide
The road to civil war
A globalized regional conflict
What percentage of Yemen's population is estimated to follow the Sunni branch of Islam?
diego The Houthi movement began in the 1990s as a peaceful revivalist group to protect Zaydi culture from Sunni influence.
Which Sunni Islamic school of law is followed by the majority of Sunnis in southern and coastal Yemen?
Which country borders Yemen to the north and has actively funded Sunni religious schools there?
Zaydi religious coexistence: For centuries, Zaydi Shia and Shafi'i Sunni Muslims in Yemen routinely prayed together in the same mosques without any conflict or division.
diego Between 2004 and 2010, the Yemeni military fought six brutal wars against the Houthi rebels in the north.
In which mountainous northern province of Yemen did the Houthi movement first emerge in the 1990s?
What was the original name of the Houthi movement when it started as a peaceful youth group?
A formal split or division within a religious body or organization into opposing factions. This schism solidified in 680 CE when the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Husayn, was killed at Karbala.
Who was the founder of the Houthi movement who was killed by Yemeni government forces in 2004?
For approximately how many years did Zaydi imams rule northern Yemen before the 1962 revolution?