Sunni or Shia, we are all Muslim

BBC World recently aired the latest Doha Debate on the motion The Sunni-Shia conflict is damaging Islam’s reputation as a religion of peace . It’s a timely topic; and a very time-sensitive topic, because it is a question that can only be asked now. Not because the Sunni-Shia divide is a new phenomenon: it is an old, historical schism that emerged as a political division, which then became religious. But it is now that the political has really caused it to be so monumental.

The opening of the article. The full text is at Daily News Egypt.