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Comrade Grumpy

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1. Good stuff. But I think the "1400 year war" thing is overdone.

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 01:59 PM

Oct 2014

I don't claim to be an expert on Middle Eastern or Islamic history, but the impression I have is that there have been long periods, centuries, when the sectarian divide DID NOT result in bloody wars.

Why is the sectarian schism so sharp now? Is it the rise of Wahabbism?

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It's a 1400 year old war. We can not 'win it'. [View all] grahamhgreen Oct 2014 OP

Good stuff. But I think the "1400 year war" thing is overdone. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #1

I agree. As to your final question - scarletwoman Oct 2014 #2

Yeah, it's complicated. Has to do with, you know, history and stuff. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #3