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This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of the conflict between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. Sociological roots of the sectarian conflict are identified and solutions are recommended. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of international conflicts such as the one which had recently threatened to tear the world asunder. However, the cooperation of official state powers is often insufficient to totally quell conflict
in human society. In many cases, conflicts are waged along ethnic and cultural lines rather than national lines, and no amount of political maneuvering seems to have any effect in
reducing the intensity of said conflicts. For this reason, it is essential to attempt to understand such conflicts on the sociological and psychological levels, rather than as mere political functions.
To do otherwise is to ignore the fundamental causes of such conflicts. This paper will explore the ongoing conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslim groups as an example of the
sociological understanding of ethnic conflict. This paragraph helps the student introduce the Sunni - Shiite conflict in order to provide a context for the rest of the paper. In order
to understand all the social dimensions of the Sunni - Shiite conflict, it is necessary to first understand the history of the two groups, and how they originally diverged from
one another. To begin with, the Sunni and Shia are both sects of Islam, with their origin dating back to a conflict over the succession of the prophet Mohammed upon
his death. At that time, followers of Islam were bitterly divided over who should act as leader of the faith going forward, this division has yet to be resolved more
than a thousand years later. Today, these two sectarian groups are the largest in Islam, with Shia Muslims constituting roughly 1/3 of the entire Muslim population, and Sunni occupying the
other 2/3. However, within the country of Iraq, and especially in its city of Baghdad, the proportions are somewhat reversed, with official figures indicated that Sunnis occupy a minority status
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