Quo Vadis Arabia: A New Frontier on Religious Schisms & Feud for the Gulf’s ‘Caliphate’

Sunnis and Shia: Islam's ancient schism:

The differences lie in the fields of doctrine, ritual, law, theology and religious organization. Their leaders also often seem to be in competition.  From Lebanon and Syria to Iraq and Pakistan, many recent conflicts have emphasized the sectarian divide, tearing communities apart (BBC, 2014:1)

Quo Vadis Arabia:

A New Frontier on Religious Schisms & Feud for the Gulf’s ‘Caliphate’

Costantinos Berhutesfa Costantinos, PhD

Professor of Public Policy, School of Graduate Studies,

College of Business and Economics, AAU

Public lecture on the

“Turmoil in the Gulf”, ESA, Addis Ababa,

AU Hall, April 20, 2015

The Islamic State expanded its extermination of

Christians to another country with the release of a video

Sunday purportedly showing a mass execution of Ethiopians in Libya. ‘We express our condolences to the families of the victims and our support to the Ethiopian government and people as they grieve for their fellow citizens’, National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said in a statement. ‘That these terrorists killed these men solely because of their faith lays bare the terrorists' vicious, senseless brutality’. The White House (Fox News, 2015)

See article here https://www.academia.edu/12042575/Quo_Vadis_Arabia_A_New_Frontier_on_Religious_Schisms_and_Feud_for_the_Gulf_s_Caliphate_