Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-04-27 16:34:17)
Last edited by sergeriver (2007-04-27 16:35:56)
Iraq is almost 80% Shia. Sunnis and Shias have lived together for hundreds and hundreds of years, and without conflict for most of it.Bertster7 wrote:
It wasn't that similar.
In any case a lot of the problems in Iraq stem from all the different factions there that hate each other. There's not so much of a problem with that in Afghanistan - where there is a massive (~90%) Shia majority.
No it isn't. It's a 60/40 split. Then you add the Kurdish and Arabic differences and all hell breaks loose.weamo8 wrote:
Iraq is almost 80% Shia. Sunnis and Shias have lived together for hundreds and hundreds of years, and without conflict for most of it.Bertster7 wrote:
It wasn't that similar.
In any case a lot of the problems in Iraq stem from all the different factions there that hate each other. There's not so much of a problem with that in Afghanistan - where there is a massive (~90%) Shia majority.
Shia is about 60%, and Sunni Kurd and Arab are about 20% each.weamo8 wrote:
Iraq is almost 80% Shia. Sunnis and Shias have lived together for hundreds and hundreds of years, and without conflict for most of it.Bertster7 wrote:
It wasn't that similar.
In any case a lot of the problems in Iraq stem from all the different factions there that hate each other. There's not so much of a problem with that in Afghanistan - where there is a massive (~90%) Shia majority.
Last edited by weamo8 (2007-04-27 16:42:33)
Pretty much, yes. Sooner or later this would have happened anyway I guess.weamo8 wrote:
My bad.
So that is it?
Last edited by sergeriver (2007-04-27 16:47:29)
Except for all the times they've been killing each other.weamo8 wrote:
My bad.
So that is it?
Sunnis and Shias have lived almost exclusively in harmony for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Good find. I will read over that and do some comparative studies.sergeriver wrote:
Pretty much, yes. Sooner or later this would have happened anyway I guess.weamo8 wrote:
My bad.
So that is it?
There are several explanations for the timing of the outbreak of hostilities, each tied to a particular interpretation of how events unfolded after the fall of Saddam Hussein: flawed American postwar policies, provocation by foreign jihadis, retaliation by militias like al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, the ineptitude of Iraqi politicians and, lately, Iranian interference. But the rage burning in people like Muslawi and Hussein has much deeper and older roots. It is the product of centuries of social, political and economic inequality, imposed by repression and prejudice and frequently reinforced by bloodshed.
They have lived in peace far longer than they have lived in bloodshed.m3thod wrote:
Live in peace? Sunni muslims percive Shia as heretics!
You don't wanna know what my old dears think of shia....
yeah i'msure it happens....i am from a Muslim background i have first hand knowledge how much Sunni don't like Shina. It even used as an insult.weamo8 wrote:
They have lived in peace far longer than they have lived in bloodshed.m3thod wrote:
Live in peace? Sunni muslims percive Shia as heretics!
You don't wanna know what my old dears think of shia....
In fact, as we speak, in many areas in the Middle East, Sunnis and Shias live in the same neighborhoods, and go to parties together, and even marry each other.