War Of The Worlds

Two sects of Islam, 1400 years of history, and three stories to help us better understand the Sunni-Shia divide.

Episode 11 of the Throughline podcast, hosted by NPR, titled "War Of The Worlds" was published on April 18, 2019 and runs 35 minutes.

April 18, 2019 ·35m · Throughline

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The Sunni-Shia divide is a conflict that most people have heard about - two sects with Sunni Islam being in the majority and Shia Islam the minority. Exactly how did this conflict originate and when? We go through 1400 years of history to find the moment this divide first turned deadly and how it has evolved since. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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