History. It’s a Thing That Happens. 0
The Tampa Bay Times carries Nick Danforth’s article, in which he tries to add some real actual history to Western mythology about Sunnis and Shiites. Here’s a snippet:
Perhaps the biggest problem with this historical narrative is that it ignores everything that happened between 680 and, say, 1980.
The causes of “sectarian” violence are almost always located in the present, not the long-ago past. If you did deep enough, economics–haves vs. have-nots–is often a prime driver.
