Alawites to Yazidis: A Guide to Religious Communities in the Middle East

vor 11 Jahren

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Please Explain (The Leonard Lopate Show)

In Please Explain, we set aside time every Friday afternoon to get to the bottom of one complex issue. We’ll back up and review the basic facts and principles of complicated issues across a broad range of topics — history, politics, science, you name i...

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vor 11 Jahren

The divide between Shiites and Sunnis plays an important role in the current politics and turmoil in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. On this week's Please Explain we'll learn about the differences--and similarities--among the many religious communities in the Middle East. Zachary Lockman, Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and History at NYU, explains the power struggles in the Middle East and discusses Syria, Saddam Hussein, Yasar Arafat, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, the Kurds, and ISIS.?