From Daily Mail |
The bitter, bloody feud between the two branches of Islam, the Sunnis and the Shi’ites, has gone on for centuries and now this vicious sectarian strife is exploding again in Bahrain, threatening to cause an even greater conflict in the Middle East between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The implications of the worsening hostility for the world are nightmarish, for the entire region could soon be gripped by turmoil, bloodshed and economic meltdown. What was naively seen a few weeks ago as a fight between freedom and autocracy could descend into an epic clash between two Muslim ideologies, the savagery made all the worse by their long history of enmity.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1367435/John-R-Bradley-From-Bahrain-Saudi-Arabia-Iraq-Pakistan-ancient-loathing-Sunnis-Shiites-threatening-tear-apart-Muslim-world.html#ixzz1GxcHlz8W
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