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snagglepuss

(12,704 posts) Tue Sep 10, 2013, 06:33 PM Sep 2013

Why is there no outcry anywhere about Muslim religious leaders in the ME staying on the sidelines? [View all]

Why aren't Shite, Sunni, Alawite religious leaders in the Middle East convening a peace conference to work out their differences? Many Syrians are upset that the world seems to be dismissing their horrific suffering but they say nothing about the underlying sectarian hostilites. Prior to French involvenment in Syria the Alawites were treated like second class citizens by Sunni Muslims because of the Sunni arrogence. Now the shoe is on the other foot. What is it going to take for sectarianism in Islam to end? Who better to end it than religious leaders?

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Why is there no outcry anywhere about Muslim religious leaders in the ME staying on the sidelines? [View all] snagglepuss Sep 2013 OP

Shshhhhh shenmue Sep 2013 #1

Well, for one, Islam doesn't have a Pope. longship Sep 2013 #2

What complete nonsense. They may not have a pope but there's certainly clerics who without being snagglepuss Sep 2013 #3

Yes, and I provided a counter example. longship Sep 2013 #4

lol. "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon" snagglepuss Sep 2013 #5

The quote is from Montgomery "Scottie" Scott. longship Sep 2013 #7

There's no such thing as a "cleric" in Islam. Xithras Sep 2013 #9

The term cleric is widely used to refer to Islamic religious leaders,it is not synonymous with snagglepuss Sep 2013 #12

The Aga Khan would beg to disagree. WinkyDink Sep 2013 #6

There is nothing in the article that pertains to the OP. snagglepuss Sep 2013 #8

Maybe because my reply isn't to the OP. WinkyDink Sep 2013 #16

wow this sounds just like what the republicans were saying after 9/11. Does that mean liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #10

The elephant in the room is the historic hostility between Shia and Sunni, nothing will be snagglepuss Sep 2013 #20

Muslim religious leaders tend to come from the most conservative wings of their faith. Xithras Sep 2013 #11

Interesting. I myself thought the situation was similar to Christian sectarianism. snagglepuss Sep 2013 #13

Oh, there are. Xithras Sep 2013 #14

I don't know if you are fan of the original Star Trek but there was an episode that came snagglepuss Sep 2013 #15

have you looked? MNBrewer Sep 2013 #17

Actually I have and nada. If there were such a meeting it'd be headline grabbing news snagglepuss Sep 2013 #19

You don't often see public outcry at people who are doing nothing. 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #18