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Power politics bumps religion. - UpFront - Reality Check : The myth of a Sunni-Shia War

"Still at War: The United States in Syria"

Time to revisit what looks like a time-worn myth.

52,797 views Nov 21, 2015

Al Jazeera English

What is driving the current violence and chaos in the Middle East?

Many say it is the "age-old" sectarian conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims, but a look at the facts shows something different.

In this week's Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan highlights the myth of the so-called Sunni-Shia war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hah5LdB5HOI

Two good reads:

The real roots of Sunni-Shia conflict: beyond the myth of "ancient religious hatreds"
What's really driving the Middle East's sectarian divide?
By Max [e-mail] Jan 5, 2016, 3:00pm EST
https://www.vox.com/2016/1/5/10718456/sunni-shia

The Middle East’s Great Divide Is Not Sectarianism
By Hussein Agha and Robert Malley
March 11, 2019
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-middle-easts-great-divide-is-not-sectarianism