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Why there is no Shia - Sunni conflict in India?

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Discrimination leads to unity...the group of people who are discriminated or if they perceive to be discriminated unite in response, examples being dalits and Muslims in India. The identity of being muslim subsumes the identity of being a Shia or sunni. read more

Indian muslims have managed to stay peacefully be it shia or sunni as they are not flawed by extrimism and wahabism. However, there has been news of recent clashes between both groups mainly because of increasing influence of wahabism. read more

Sunni v Shia: why the conflict is more political than religious Sunni -Shia Tensions Are More About Politics, Power and Privilege than Theology And why would there be a Sunni-Shia conflict in a country like India where Muslims as a whole are minority. read more

Former President Asif Ali Zardari is a Shia. There are many intermarriages between Shia and Sunnis in Pakistan. Unfortunately, from 1987–2007, "as many as 4,000 people are estimated to have died" in Shia-Sunni sectarian fighting in Pakistan", 300 being killed in 2006. read more

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