In the Middle East, the battle between the Sunnis and Shiites has been going on for quite some time. With one and a half billion Muslims in the world, it is extremely unlikely that they are ALL involved. In fact, this age-old conflict isn't even about religion. Check out this episode to see what the Sunni-Shiite conflict is really about. <br /><br />Learn More:<br />World's Muslim population more widespread than you might think<br />http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/...<br />There are an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, making Islam the world's second-largest religious tradition after Christianity.<br /><br />Islam: Sunnis and Shiites<br />http://fas.org/irp/crs/RS21745.pdf<br />Christopher M. Blanchard, Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs.<br /><br />Sunnis and Shiites - Why Do They Fight?<br />http://www.aim.org/guest-column/sunni...<br />Several readers have asked if I would educate them on the reasons why Sunnis and Shiites hate each other as they do... as if I were an authority on Islam. <br /><br />The Origins Of The Shiite-Sunni Split<br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/20...<br />It's not known precisely how many of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims are Shiites. The Shiites are a minority, making up between 10 percent and 15 percent of the Muslim population.<br /><br />UAE fares well in global peaceful country index<br />http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/in...<br />Want to know how peaceful the world is? Log on to the website visionofhumanity.org and it will give you the peace ranking of the country in which you live.
