Geopolitics fan Sunni-Shia rivalry in the Middle East
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- Succession split
- Common ground
- Islam and politics
- Islamic revolution
- Syrian conflict
- Political vacuum
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_350.jpg "Iraqi Muslim worshippers shake hands during a joint Sunni-Shia Friday prayer in Baghdad, Iraq (Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani)")