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Cracks in the Crescent: The Looming Sectarian Clash between Khilafah and Imamah

The civil war in Syria, the seemingly endless unrest in Iraq, sectarian clashes in Yemen, and the sporadic commotion in various parts of the Middle East are a clear sign that what began as a promising Arab spring at the beginning of 2011 has mutated into a deepening process of disintegration and deconstruction—or an unseasonably harsh and relentless winter. One of the most obvious manifestations of this sociopolitical chill is the looming confrontation between Sunni and Shi’a entities and representatives, not only in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, but also in other potentially combustible areas such as Lebanon and some Arab Gulf monarchies.