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Today the tension between Iran and other countries is one of the hottest issues in international politics. Not only western countries but a few Muslim countries like KSA also consider Iran to be a threat. Iran is alleged of supporting Shia forces such as Hezbollah, Assad regime and others in different countries. In Syria for instance, Iran is supporting the Assad regime whereas fairly large population of Syria is against the Assad's government which giving rise to anger against Iran. In addition to Syria, Iran has also been alleged of interference in Bahrain, Iraq, Pakistan and other Muslim countries support armed Shia forces. In some countries the interference of Iran has led to quite uncertain situations such as Syria. As a result the Sunni population and leadership are also showing anger against Iran resulting in serious tensions between Sunni and Shia countries. Thus Iran is a serious threat for Muslims' brotherhood worldwide.

Now it has been a long time that Iran is not going to surrender its nuclear program in spite of a lot of pressure from super power like United State of America and other countries of the European Union. There are only few countries that are not pressurizing the Iranian government to resist from making any progress in advancing in nuclear technology.

Muslims have made valuable contributions to the United States, but sadly they stay in the news for mostly bad reasons. Right now, the world is more familiar with their negative side. In this section, we will have a look at some of the Muslims that are famous in America and have earned respect. Shirin Neshat She is a great visual artist who was born in Iran. Currently she resides in New York and has made a valuable display of her skills in films and videos. She received the Dorothy and Lillan Gish Prize in the year 2006. She also received the artist of the decade award in the year 2010. Neshat has earned great respect for herself due to her artistic skills.

The majority of the world's billion-odd Muslims are Sunnis. Approximately 10 to 15 percent of all Muslims follow the Shiite branch (pronounced Shiite, Shiites or Shia). Beyond that, it gets slightly complicated. Both of them live in different parts of the world. Sunnis form the overwhelming majority in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Shiites form the majority only in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan, but they constitute sizable minorities in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Yemen. Now the question arises, where the both sect differs? There are many reasons,