The Hajj and the Struggle for Islamic Hegemony

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar
August 29, 2017
Paper No. 573

The ethnic Sunni-Shiite rift parallels the Saudi-Iranian political rift, the Wahhabi-Muslim Brotherhood ideological rift, and the historic rift between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Tensions over Islamic hegemony arising from these rifts are likely to come to a boil at the 2017 Hajj.kecar

Shiites vs. Sunnis: A Region at War

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror
January 24, 2016
Paper No. 327

Three important events in the fight between Sunnis and Shiites took place this week, including the removal of global sanctions on Iran, and Pakistan's announcement that it would respond to any attack on Saudi Arabia. Is the world's only Muslim nuclear nation about to intervene in the Middle East?