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. Learn More: World's Muslim population more widespread than you might think http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/07/worlds-muslim-population-more-widespread-than-you-might-think/ There are an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, making Islam the world's second-largest religious tradition after Christianity. Islam: Sunnis and Shiites http://fas.org/irp/crs/RS21745.pdf Christopher M. Blanchard, Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs. Sunnis and Shiites - Why Do They Fight? http://www.aim.org/guest-column/sunnis-and-shiites-why-do-they-fight/ 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. The Origins Of The Shiite-Sunni Split http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2007/02/12/7332087/the-origins-of-the-shiite-sunni-split 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. UAE fares well in global peaceful country index http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/inside.asp?xfile=/data/nationgeneral/2014/June/nationgeneral_June160.xml§ion;=nationgeneral 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. _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Tara Long on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraLongest Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq

• published: 02 Jul 2014
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