Shiites and Sunnis: The Danger of Major War from Syria to Pakistan

... in Syria adds more fuel to the smoldering fire of interfaith conflicts. Therefore, the equidistant position shaped by President Vladimir Putin appears quite reasonable and indisputably correct: “Moscow is not interested in plunging into intra-Islamic conflicts, involving Sunnis, Shiites, Alawites, etc.” [13] At the same time, the Russian authorities and security forces should not underestimate this issue. It is necessary to keep the situation in the religious communities and activities of foreign religious leaders ...