Debate: This House believes the Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging the reputation of Islam
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Participants at the latest Doha Debate have strongly defended Islam's image after repeated accusations that it had been damaged by the Sunni-Shia conflict in Iraq. In a series of robust exchanges, there was strong disagreement about the effects of violence between Islam's two largest denominations. Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan, said recent polls showed that Americans believed Islam contained more violent extremists than other religions and sectarian fighting must have contributed to that impression. Opposing the motion, Sayid Hassan Al Qazwini said there was "no conflict between Sunnis and Shias." Supporting him, Dr Hisham Hellyer, Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Director of the Visionary Consultants Group, rejected the notion. "The West has been critical of Islam for a thousand years and portrayed it as violent - and that has nothing to do with the Sunni-Shia divide" he said.
Comments (3)
1. Written by Muhammad Sajid Naqvi on 17-06-2008 14:40
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2. Written by Zombie on 12-07-2008 20:56
It's true that there is hatred between sunni and shia mostly sunni's have hate towards shias. they bombing shia mosques, shia imam bargah, shia Muharram processions. killing shia scholars and businessman, professors etc.
3. Written by Ahmed on 14-11-2008 07:03
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