Islamic World Sum-up And Update

Conflicts 4 cultural-political conflicts dominate the Islamic World today One Religious-ethnic…Israel/Palestine One Cultural… the invasion of Western values and the Islamic Fundamentalist reaction to it One Political… Traditional Islamic vs Secular Autocratic vs Democratic One Intra-religious… Sunni vs. Shia

Updates

Iraq Conflict between Shia and Sunni Arabs continues. 659 people died in terrorist attacks in November ,373 were wounded

Egypt After pro-democracy protests led to the fall of the dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011 The Muslim Brotherhood an Islamic Political party was the only one ready for elections in 2012 Mohammed Morsi was elected President in June 2012 He soon began to act like theocratic dictator. Protests followed In July of 2013 the Military threw Morsi out of power. Since then the Military has ruled Egypt.

Syria The Syrian regime is led by a Shia, President Assad Most Syrian are Sunni Assad’s regime is very repressive In 2011 protests led to a pro-democracy rebellion Since Assad has brought in the Shia Militia Hezbollah from Lebanon into the war Sunnis called for Jihad Assad used chemical weapons against his own people…they have since been removed The rebels have been losing Ground A Religious War has begun