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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Shia vs. Sunni has its origin in religion, but it's not exactly religious. It now represents ethnic groups as much as a historical schism. Maybe a good analogy is catholic vs. protestant in Northern Ireland. You could say that it is a division based on whether the Pope is the head of God's church on earth. But that's not really what the conflict is about. It is about two ethnic groups that have differing political aspirations. [/quote] It has an ethnic aspect in that Iran is the largest Shia community, but Shia Arabs are the majority of Iraq's population and the Shia in Lebanon are also Arab. In Pakistan, Shia are found in at least a half dozen different ethnicities. Then you have Shia off-shoots like the Alawis in Syria and Houthis in Yemen who are also Arab. [/quote]
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