Thursday, March 17, 2011

Shi`ites in Bahrain and sectarian Western media

A reader from Egypt wrote to me furious at the Western coverage of Bahrain.  1) why do they insist on referring to protesters in Bahrain as Shi`ites? They did not refer to protesters in Egypt as Sunnis and Copts?  2) How do they know that they are all Shi`ite?  By appearance?
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