Vali Nasr — The Sunni-Shia Divide and the Future of Islam
Vali Nasr — The Sunni-Shia Divide and the Future of Islam
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We seek fresh insight into the history and the human and religious dynamics of Islam’s Sunni-Shia divide. Our guest says that it is not so different from dynamics in periods of Western Christian history. But he says that by bringing the majority Shia to power in Iraq, the U.S. has changed the religions dynamics of the Middle East.