^ Moonshiner how can u draw this conclusion from a very limited time period in history post 79 -2008] Indeed inspiration for what happened in iran in 1979 also came from religious movements in sunni egypt which were ruthlessly suppressed by that firon Nasser]
Yes, but Egypt is still under the thumb of puppet Arab leaders. Religious movements in Sunni Egypt also inspired the likes of the Taliban and al-Qaeda and you can see how successful they are. But the reason that Iran was able to topple its oppressive, secular ruler was through Shi'ism's revolutionary spirit; something which I believe Sunnism lacks. Sunnism has always been about blind allegiance to authority, no matter how oppressive or un-Islamic the authority is.
This is changing; but very slowly.
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syria is a country ruled by shias they got defeated by isreal in 3 wars [along with sunni egypt and jordan], iranian shah another shia was a long term friend of isreal.
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Yes, but Syria is under the rule of crypto-Shias, the Allawis who are mostly secular and also marry frequently into Sunni families. Also remember that Syria, although defeated; was never forced into accepting Israel or forced into a peace agreement with Israel. Syria's leaders are not puppets.
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Shias in past had cooperated with crusaders and mongols against sunnis although its fair to say these sunni sultans hardly repesented pristine islamic values]
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True about the mongols; I haven't heard about the Crusaders. Do you have more information on that? I have heard of a certain sub-sect of Shias; who terrorized Crusaders and gave way to the word "assassin".
But in the end; the Mongols for the most part became Sunnis; so it all worked out, didn't it? Then they went on to kill, rape and pillage in the name of Sunni Islam.
And I also believe that the world would not have know Nasiruddin al-Tusi's greatness if it weren't for his siding with Hulagu because the Sunni leadership would have probably erased his scholarship and gave it to their own credit.