Shiite Sunni conflict Archives - R. Lawson Author https://rlawsonauthor.com/tag/shiite-sunni-conflict/ Intelligent Thrillers Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:37:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 55015724 Trying to Understand the Middle East Muddle https://rlawsonauthor.com/trying-to-understand-the-middle-east-muddle/ https://rlawsonauthor.com/trying-to-understand-the-middle-east-muddle/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2024 01:08:42 +0000 https://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=1359 This blog attempts to grasp the context of the current Israeli/Hamas conflict by offering a synopsis of the background history of a poorly understood region of the world. The overview renders some basic knowledge of the very complex mixture of vastly different cultures living there in seemingly never-ending tension. Hopefully, some familiarity may promote a […]

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]]> https://rlawsonauthor.com/trying-to-understand-the-middle-east-muddle/feed/ 1 1359 The Fallout- A Study in Unintended Consequences. https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-fallout-a-study-in-unintended-consequences/ https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-fallout-a-study-in-unintended-consequences/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:18:50 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=284 A Short History and The Consequences The Shiites and Sunnis in the Middle East have been fighting on and off for a millennium. Current events are new only the in dimension of the fallout impacting the rest of the world. Shiite Imans are considered descendants of Muhammad and view the Sunnis an inferior sect. That’s […]

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