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9 December 2006

Middle East

When President Bush and the coalition of the willing 'liberated' Iraq
from Saddam Hussein, they didn't realise they were also liberating something
much more substantial, namely the long-suppressed wing of Islam called
the Shia, and setting in motion the profound and historic re-ordering of the Middle East involving Sunni and Shi-ite Muslims.


Guests

Anthony O'Mahony
Director of the Centre for Christianity and
Inter-religious Dialogue
Heythrop College, University of London

Presenter

Geraldine Doogue

Story Researcher and Producer

Geraldine Doogue