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The War within Islam
30 Jul 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com
Does Arab Spring Herald a More Fragmented Mideast?

By Arieh O’Sullivan
Jul 20 2011
The Middle East and North Africa are undergoing a historic change as the Arab Spring empowers the street, forcing long-standing leaders out of office and forcing others to undertake reforms.
But some observers say the upheavals raging across the region aren’t the ones that protestors, policy makers or experts are focusing on. Rather than leading the Middle East to democracy or Islamism, the Arab Spring may be splitting the region’s traditional array of nation-states into smaller entities, divided by tribe, religion or ethnicity.

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