Morsi Condemnation Of Lynchings Not Enough

Source:
Al-Monitor
Date of source:
24 Jun 2013
Reference:
My guidebook described it as "the ideal mosque in Las Vegas." This odd statement motivated me to visit Sayyida Zeinab's shrine in southern Damascus.
Immediately, I understood what the travel writer meant; the stunning shrine with its golden dome and blue tiles, its spectacular design and elaborate
architecture and the happy, animated crowd were simply overwhelming. Yes, it was like a pious version of what we might find in Las Vegas, minus the
black garments and religious services. Shiites are always elaborate in their happiness as well as in their sadness; their attitudes, mosques, core theology
and historical narrative differentiate them from their fellow Sunnis. These differences are as old as Islam and have fueled a centuries-old conflict that was
often bloody and ruthless. Egypt luckily had not experienced what countries like Iraq have endured for years; alas, the barbaric mob attack against Shiites
on June 23 — which left four dead in the town of Zawyat Abu Musalam in Giza governorate, south of Cairo — has brought the ugly Shiite-Sunni
sectarianism to Egypt in an undisputed way.
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