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SUMMARY:What drives Sunni-Shi'i Sectarianism? - Simon Fuchs
DTSTART:20160216T210000Z
DTEND:20160216T213000Z
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CONTACT:Paulina Rowicka
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nWe seem to have accepted that Islam's two most important
  sects are locked in a somehow constant\, deadly\, and global struggle. Sh
 i'is and Sunnis currently clash in Syria\, Iraq\, Yemen\, Saudi Arabia\, a
 nd Bahrain. Instances of sectarian violence plague places as diverse as Pa
 kistan\, Afghanistan\, Lebanon\, Nigeria and Indonesia. This conflict-ridd
 en relationship stands in marked contrast to the height of Shi'i-Sunni rap
 prochement in the 1950s. Back then\, venerable Sunni institutions such as 
 Cairo's al-Azhar University were willing to accept the Shi'is as just anot
 her manifestation of the plurality of schools of law Sunni Islam has known
  for centuries. This talk will explore how and why these parameters have c
 hanged so fundamentally over the last 60 years. We will explore how a broa
 d range of factors including religious polemics\, the Iranian Revolution\,
  and the toppling of Saddam Hussain's regime in 2003 have all conspired to
  lead us into the present gloomy situation.\n
LOCATION:Senior Parlour\, Gonville and Caius College
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