Shiites and Sunnis
Fouad Ajami has a great article in the Journal about the causes of the Sunni's hatred of the Shiites. As an American, it's often hard to understand the dynamic driving the Shiite-Sunni conflict. It is pervasive in the Arab world. Indeed, it reminds Base10 of American Jim Crow-style racism in the mid-40's. Well worth a read.

Via RCP.
- posted by Base10 @ 9:21 AM