Click here to access the article: 'The Sunni-Shia Divide' by the Council on Foreign Relations.
Many believe that an ancient religious divide within Islam is helping to fuel the conflict in the Middle East and Muslim countries. So how can one religion be so divided along ideological lines? This article by the Council on Foreign Relations provides a simple yet comprehensive explanation of the Sunni-Shia divide, a division which is having such a profound impact on the world today. It is accompanied by an eight minute video overview.
The Council on Foreign Relations is a leading, non-profit US think tank that specialises in foreign policy and international affairs. You can read more about them at their website.
I enjoyed the reading your article about the tension build up behind Saudi Arabia and Iran, and through out history that religion plays a big part, in how they act in the middle east and how each sects view the other side of Islam.
With my background being Lebanese I wanted to ask. How should Australia go about helping in the middle east? and how should Australia approach the tension build up?
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