This guy will soon become the professor of Islamic law at Harvard Law School (did I not tell you to not be impressed with the name Harvard?). Here, he pontificates on Sunnis and Shi`ites in today's New York Times Magazine: "What began more than 1,300 years ago as an argument over whether the Prophet Muhammad should be succeeded by his cousin Ali or by an unrelated companion became a bloody civil war..." Of course, the companions were ALL related to the Prophet. But don't tell the esteemed Harvard professor that. He is still learning the five pillars.