The actual causes of the Shia-Sunni divide

Published January 12th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT
"During Saddam Hussein’s reign, the Iraqi dictator forbade worship at key Shiite shrines in the country not because he was Sunni, but because the shrines dew in hundreds of thousands of foreign worshippers he feared might bolster Iraqi opposition groups." (Facebook)
"During Saddam Hussein’s reign, the Iraqi dictator forbade worship at key Shiite shrines in the country not because he was Sunni, but because the shrines dew in hundreds of thousands of foreign worshippers he feared might bolster Iraqi opposition groups." (Facebook)

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