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Transcript: The divide between the two major branches of Islam has lasted for centuries -- and the schism is not always just a religious one. It began when the Prophet Muhammad died in 632 A.D. and a clash erupted over who should succeed him. One side, which became the Shiites, believed Muhammad’s successor should be someone from his bloodline; those who spawned the Sunnis held it could be a pious individual who could follow Muhammad’s customs. Yesterday at 12 o'clock two extreme groups of Shia and Sunni Muslims met during a demonstration and that's when all started. Hazara people ready to fight The Kite Runner Socioeconomic inequality increased significantly after free market policies were initiated by Hafez al-Assad in his later years, and accelerated after Bashar al-Assad came to power. With an emphasis on the service sector, these policies benefited a minority of the nation's population, mostly people who had connections with the government, and members of the Sunni merchant class of Damascus and Aleppo. MUSLIM NEWS Years after banishment they want to come back The conflict between the Hazara and the Pashtun started when Abdur Rahman Khan became the ruler of Afghanistan. Abdur Rahman Khan favored the Pashtun people and despised the Hazara people. The Hazara people are nomads that were forced to live in the Kazarasjat Mountains by the government. A reason that the government loathed the Hazara people is they are Shiite Muslims. This war is mostly over ethnicicity. The Pashtun people are Sunni Muslims and are willing to do anything to wipe out the Hazara people. The conflict kept going because the Hazara people were willing to fight for their rights and property. "The book said part of the reason Pashtuns had oppressed the Hazaras was that Pashtuns were Sunni Muslims, while Hazaras were Shi'a. (...) It also said some things I did know, like that people called Hazaras mice-eating, flat-nosed, load-carrying donkeys." $1.25 "It doesn't matter, if he's Pashtun or Hazara. What matters is that we somehow managed to cooperate together and help other person. Maybe in the future this long confict will finally end and seing Pashtun and Hazana people together won't be so suprising", said one of the boys. Monday, February 17, 2014 Sunni Muslims gaining power in Syria Amazing act of cooperation Continue on page 6 Never ending conflict grows... Again Despite the conflict between Pashtun and Hazara people, a group of young people managed to help a 82-year old Farooq Leghari to escape from decrepit house and saved his life. Surprisingly, in this group there were two Pashtun and 3 Hazara boys who set their conflict aside and without and arguments hepled the old man. Rising tension between Shia and Sunni Muslims Bashar al-Assad changes good only for Sunni Heavy monsoon rains and floods across Pakistan during the first week of September 2014 killed at least 250 people and more than half a million people had been affected. The rivers Ravi, Sutlej, and Jhelum overflowed and brought flash floods, which caused homes to collapse in the Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir regions. More than 28,000 people have been affected in AJK and Punjab. Pashtun and Hazara helping together Sources Floods still undefeated Vol XCIII, No. 311 www.ibtimes.com/how-sunni-shiite-conflict-frames-current-crisis-iraq islam.about.com/cs/divisions/f/shia_sunni.htm www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-hazara-and-pashtun sprecherkrper1gr2.weebly.com/hazara-and-pashtun-conflict.html http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2008/09/even_in_flood_indias_untouchab.html http://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2014-000122-pak Pakistan still fights with flood