What happens when a tornado sweeps through, you go to the cellar and you cling to the pillars

until the tornado passes and it's the same thing in this conflict.

People are going to the pillars in their soul that have defined them and given them sustenance and support for their lives.

Is the sunny Shia divide about to explode wide open?

But began as a protest movement turned into a fight to the death.

The second day of their strike, since I'd Yemen, by Saudi jets.

Iran supports one side, Saudi Arabia supports the other.

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The history of the sunny Shia divide.

So if you follow the news in Yemen or Syria or really anywhere in the Middle East,

you've probably heard about the sunny Shia divide in Islam.

It's sort of a catch-all phrase used to explain a lot of the conflicts happening there.

But how much do you actually know about the divide?

Like where began, for example, what the fights even about?

Or how big the gap actually is between these two sex of Islam?

Now, before we go any further, we should mention that this topic is especially close to home for us.

I'm Palestinian and Sunni.

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