Beyond sectarianism: The Saudi-Iran confrontation A look at the media's coverage pitting Sunni against Shia Muslims and its failure to address larger geopolitical issues. 10 Jan 2016 15:04 GMT | Media , Middle East , Saudi Arabia , Iran , Hassan Rouhani Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran reached new heights this week after the kingdom severed diplomatic relations with Tehran. The current media discourse didn't come from Saudi media outlets but externally, and Iran successfully took advantage of that. [Iran] forged it, and spread it until it reached international media outlets. Four of the executed were Shias while the others were Sunnis. Salman Aldossary, Editor-in-Chief, Asharq Al-Aswat newspaper The diplomatic rupture, which has further split an already divided Middle East, came after Saudi executed 47 people on January 2, including a prominent Shia cleric - Nimr al-Nimr. Within hours of the death sentence being ...
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