Two Programs on Sunnis and Shiites

A recent In Our Time episode describing Shia Sunni split in Islam featured one of my favorite regular experts on that program, Amira Bennison. The episode heads into the minutia of the events leading to the split, at a loss to the larger thematic points, and offers little about the groups today.

I thought I'd pair this with the terrific series by Mike Shuster on NPR from 2007 on the same topic. That one is a five part series and is a good deal more comprehensible than the In Our Time program.

In Our Time is available on itunes and on their website.