The Sunnis are fighting for their survival as a subculture, a religion and a sect.
This is all about power.. And not about Sunni survival as such.. True that in Iraq, Sunnis are minority but in global Islam, Shia are only 15%..
en.wikipedia.org
They have majorities in just few countries, such as Iraq, Iran etc. but by and large if you study Islamic history, Shia have always been the persecuted minority.. In Iraq, when Sunnis attacked one of Shia's Holy sites, which started this round of Shia/Sunni carnage , they knew exactly what they were doing.. So you have bombs going up literally every day in Shia markets, neighberhoods and mosques etc.. and then you hear about Shia militia rounding up and killing sunnis etc.. Moderates on both sides are the casualties and are refugees..
This month, Muharram and it's history is timely and relevant to understand seeds of Sunni/Shia conflict in Iraq (going back 1400 years) if you want to look that up..
Fringe elements on both side, Sunnis and Shias have tainted Islam.. Al Qaeda is 100% Sunnis.. And their founding philosophy is based on Saudi Arabia's Wahabism. A particularly intolerant, narrow and virulent outlook.. So called fundamentalists.. Any where AlQaeda operates, being Shia is enough for you get killed..
FWIW.. |
