The Sunni-Shia Divide and the Future of Islam

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An Iraqi vegetable vendor prepares for the upcoming festival of Ashura in January, 2008. Behind him are portraits of Imam Hussein, whose death Ashura commemorates.

(photo: Wathiq Khuzaie /Getty Images)

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Vali Nasr's Top 10 books on Iran (Amazon.com list): [http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/1Z8QKBV9ENBSV]
Vali Nasr's article in Foreign Affairs magazine: "When The Shiites Rise": [http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060701faessay85405-p0/vali-nasr/when-the-shiites-rise.html]
Iraq and the War on Terror — documentaries by PBS's Frontline: [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/terror/]
National Geographic: The Shiites of Iraq slideshow: [http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0406/sights_n_sounds/media1.html]
Iran: Who Holds The Power? An interactive BBC chart explaining the government of Iran: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/iran_power/html/default.stm]
Graphic: Strife and Power in the Middle East: [http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/07/23/weekinreview/20060723_MIDEAST_GRAPHIC.html]; This 2006 New York Times Graphic illustrates some of the power relationships present in the Middle East since the Iraq War.