Friday, February 9, 2007
In an otherwise innocuous article on Shia/Sunni divisions on campus, this revealing snip (may require registration, but there's not much else to see anyway) in the BU student paper: Muslims find common ground on campus
As the violence between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims in Iraq escalates into what many have labeled a civil war, students from the different sects on U.S. college campuses insist they are striving for unity, but admit meeting the needs of both can be difficult.
Even as the conflict has raised the American public's awareness of the subtle differences between Sunni and Shi'a Islam, Boston University Islamic studies professor Kecia Ali said most Muslims in America do not strongly advertise an affiliation with either sect.
"If anything, the conflict in Iraq has united American Muslims across sectarian lines in opposition to American policy in the region," she said...
