Shi'a and Sunni

Shi'a and Sunni

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 4, Episode 255 , Segment 3

Working Class Poor, Reignite Your Energy, Shi'a and Sunni

Episode: Working Class Poor, Reignite Your Energy, Shi'a and Sunni

  • Nov 13, 2015 2:00 pm
  • 33:51 mins

Ted Ellsworth a Middle Eastern studies undergraduate student at BYU. Ted talks with Dr. Townsend about the decades long religious divide that has fueled conflict in the Middle. Struggles between Sunni and Shia forces have led to a Syrian civil war. This violence poses a threat to the surrounding countries and reaches far beyond. What are the differing beliefs between the Shia and Sunni that has caused such a conflict and is there any hope for a resolution?