Syria: Inventing a Religious War by Toby Matthiesen | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books
▻http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/jun/12/syria-inventing-religious-war
This is not a fight purely or even primarily about Islam; it is a war about the future of the Middle East. Unfortunately, however, all the talk about sectarian war is fast becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. And by misunderstanding the complicated history of Syria’s alliances with Shia groups, we may contribute to the very sectarian tensions that are tearing the region apart.