Flashpoints: Ethnic and Religious Conflicts
- The plight of the Armenians
- Kurds struggle for independence from Iraq
- Kurdish Freedom Groups
- Sunnis v. Shiites
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Middle Eastern society is divided between various, often overlapping, groups. Religious, ethnic, social, and national allegiances all claim people's attention and loyalties. Many conflicts in the region have resulted from members of these various factions competing for access to political power and control of the region's natural resources. An examination of three particular groups illustrates some of the difficulties these different allegiances pose to stability in the Middle East. The troubles faced by ethnic Armenians (Christian Turks) in Turkey illustrate the dangers of...
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