Opinion: Sunni-Shia divide is a trope to keep flames of war burning across Middle East

The rhetoric about never-ending Sunni-Shia war and mayhem is never far from the minds of western political leaders, think tank inhabitants, Middle Eastern leaders allied with the West, media talking heads, poisoned social media users, and imperially appointed religious sermonisers. 

All are aiding and abetting the process of driving war, acting as merchants of death and destruction while claiming to work for peace. 

As developments in the British-designated Middle East heat up again, colonial and Orientalist practitioners, along with their handpicked post-colonial ruling elites, are jumping into the fray to add insult to multi-generational injury.

Read more: How western lies about the 'Sunni-Shia divide' have set the region ablaze