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...Preaching Tolerance re your report about the age-old divide between Sunnis and Shi'ites [March 12]: It never ceases to amaze me that people kill one another over trivial religious differences. Religious wars will be with us for a very long time. Isn't the Shi'ite-Sunni battle the same religious trivia as the Northern Ireland Protestant-Catholic mess that has been going on for so many years? How could these issues be so important that one can kill one's neighbor over them? Jeff White, Kilchberg, Switzerland...
...wish the title of your story had read "Why They Kill Each Other" instead of "Why They Hate Each Other." I am a Shi'ite Muslim, and I do not hate Sunnis. Millions of Sunnis and Shi'ites are like me. We are the silent majority. Ignorance and intolerance have helped ignite old dormant prejudices and led to sectarian and hatred killings. Provided that regional political and military troubles are resolved, it will take generations and new systems of education to make religious and political leaders preach progress, tolerance, care and love among all human beings, whether they are Muslim...
...Nevertheless, the IRGC has been one of Iran's main instruments in projecting power and influence over the past few decades. It has its own army, air force and navy. And it is known for actively supporting militant groups like Hizballah in Lebanon and is suspected of aiding Shi'ite militias within Iraq. Iran had indicated it would release the lone female sailor, Faye Turney, but first, its tactics with her began to look more like those of an Iraqi kidnap group than of a nation-state. On March 28, Iran broadcast footage of Turney wearing a black head scarf...
...Preaching Tolerance Re your report about the age-old divide between Sunnis and Shi'ites [March 12]: It never ceases to amaze me that people kill one another over trivial religious differences. Religious wars will be with us for a very long time. Isn't the Shi'ite-Sunni battle the same religious trivia as the Northern Ireland Protestant-Catholic mess that has been going on for so many years? How could these issues be so important that one can kill one's neighbor over them? Jeff White, KILCHBERG, SWITZERLAND...
...wish the title of your story had read "Why They Kill Each Other" instead of "Why They Hate Each Other." I am a Shi'ite Muslim, and I do not hate Sunnis. Millions of Sunnis and Shi'ites are like me. We are the silent majority. Ignorance and intolerance have helped ignite old dormant prejudices and led to sectarian and hatred killings. Provided that regional political and military troubles are resolved, it will take generations and new systems of education to make religious and political leaders preach progress, tolerance, care and love among all human beings, whether they are Muslim...