A Concise History of Sunnis and Shi‘Is Review ‘John McHugo takes us through the Sunni-Shi‘i divide over 1400 years of Islamic history with good judgement in balancing the various accounts, and a great clarity of expression.’—Moojan Momen, author of Shi‘i Islam: A Beginner’s Guide ‘In lucid and accessible prose, John McHugo shows that there is nothing inevitable about the so-called Sunni-Shi’i divide.’—Madawi Al-Rasheed, author of A History of Saudi Arabia  About the Author John McHugo is an honorary Senior Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at St Andrews, and a board member of the Council for Arab-British Understanding and the British Egyptian Society. His other publications include the critically acclaimed A Concise History of the Arabs and Syria: A Recent History.