Shiites and Sunnis, the Muslim Brotherhood in Arms

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Shia Islamism is not merely a political extension of Shiaism. It is the product of an encounter between an ancient religious tradition, the crisis of the Muslim world in the 20th century and the methods of modern Islamism. From the abolition of the Caliphate to the Iranian revolution, passing through the Muslim Brotherhood, formed an ideology capable of transforming the memory of martyrdom into a state project and a strategy of regional influenc…