SUNNI,SHIITE ISLAMIC DIVIDE TEARS IRAQ APART

SUNNI,SHIITE ISLAMIC DIVIDE TEARS IRAQ  APART

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU

The conflict between the Sunni and the Shiites in the Islamic world is currently tearing the Middle East Nation of Iraq apart.

In an exclusive investigation on this subject by Paedia Express Multimedia in Lagos,Nigeria,an impeccable source who will not want his names in the print told this reporter that the crisis is deeply rooted in the structures of there respective political leadership styles.

He noted that politics in some nations was based on religious tenets hence a nation like Iran already uses this as platform to ruling its people and now the urge by some forces to move towards that is what is causing the recent tension in Iraq after the demise of Saddam Hussein and its clan from the Iraqi political life.

His words:”if you say that a state is an Islamic state then its government is deeply rooted on Islamic Ideology or philosophy ,both of them Sunni and Shiite have a leadership structure and different spiritual ideology”

“This what  has shapened the socio-cultural philosophy of the lives of the people in places like  Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq ,Lebanon ,Palestine ,Afghanistan, Malaysia among others  for centuries”

In a related issue,a Nigerian Muslim who belonged to the Sunni ideology   told Paedia Express Multimedia that the entire world of muslims were 90 percent Sunnis  and that Shiites philosophy was akinned to heresy by the rest body of muslims.

He added that the Shiites were only misinterpreting the words of the Holy Quran on leadership to suit there agenda.

A  Paris based Shia writer; Mohammed Amir –Moezi in 2011 caused a stir when he argued publicly that  the Sunni and Shia Islamic Split was caused by the texts of the Holy Quran ,most Shias will state that this overstates  this schism.

On core belief, most Iran’s Shia Clergy remain united ,they agree that the text they now have in place is exactly what Prophet Mohammed[Peace Be Upon Him} was told over a  period of 23 years by the arch angel Gabriel [same as Jubril ].

Hard line Shiitte Cleric ,Moqtada Al sadr was crucial to Mr Al Nouri Maliki’s survival in office as Prime Minister and when it pulled out of there coalition the latter fell like a pack of badly arranged cards.

With Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi refusing to work with Maliki,the United States had to settle for a neutral recently but how long will this last is another issue entirely.raqi President Fuad Masum nominated a new Prime Minister on Monday, further complicating the country's intense power struggle amid a dire humanitarian crisis and a militant threat strong enough to draw U.S. air power back to the fray.

In a ceremony attended by key members of the main Shiite bloc in Parliament, Masum nominated Haider al-Abadi to succeed a defiant Nuri al-Maliki, who had earlier vowed to hang on to power.

It wasn't clear what impact the situation would have on the country, which is already torn by a threat from Islamist militants so brutal that they crucify people and brag about it online.

But in a sign that al-Maliki wouldn't go quietly, he later appeared with mostly junior members of his party who announced that they would contest Masum's decision in court.

"I've never seen Iraq so bad -- ever," CNN national security analyst and former CIA operative Bob Baer said Monday, before the latest political developments.

Here's where things stand after a few days of dizzying developments:

 

The new Prime Minister-designate, Abadi, is the deputy speaker of the Iraqi Parliament and a former aide to al-Maliki.

Masum nominated the prominent Shiite politician for the prime minister's job on Monday despite al-Maliki's pronouncement earlier in the day that he intends to stay in office for a third term.

Abadi will have 30 days to form a new government before he can formally take office.

Abadi appears to be backed by leading members of the leading parliamentary coalition, including Iraq's foreign minister and the Dawa party's spokesman, who appeared with him at the ceremony formalizing his nomination.

Whether al-Maliki would use force to retain power remains unknown.

He spoke out against the nomination Monday, describing the appointment as "null and void."

"I say to all of you fighters on the front lines ... the army ... the police ... remain in your places and do not worry or be shaken over the constitutional violation," al-Maliki said. "We will repair the mistake."

More directly, he added: "No one has the right to do anything ... without my permission."

On Sunday, Iraqi forces and tanks surged into some Baghdad neighborhoods as a wave of troops swarmed Baghdad's green zone, the secure area where many government buildings and the U.S. Embassy are located, two Iraqi police officials said.

Exactly what led to the surge remains unclear. But some believe the beefed-up military presence was part of a power struggle between al-Maliki and Masum.

Kirk Sowell, author of "Inside Iraqi Politics," said the end of al-Maliki's eight-year rule appears near.

"Potentially, I wouldn't exclude the possibility that Maliki would try some sort of coup," Sowell said. "I would exclude the possibility that it might succeed."