Sunni vs Shia: The New Statesman’s latest cover draws ire
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Haddad said: “As for Saudi-Iranian rivalry, it is again not a struggle over religious truths,” adding that “Sunni-Shia competition is not irrational, pre-modern… The mystification of sectarian identities and sectarian competition is unwarranted.
“Sectarian identities can be politicised and inflamed just as they can be subsumed into irrelevance.”
