Originally Posted by
StonyArabia
Your point being? Religion does not equal race. Yes there is Arab-Persian rivalry long before Islam was born. Shiaism is very oriental and in some cases more extreme than Sunnism. Iranians converted to Shiaism quite recently, this was for political reasons. They had to import Shia’s from the Levant and Bahrain to propagate the faith. Not to mention North Africa was mostly Shia, before them. Sunnism, shiaism, ibadhism all trace to Arabia.
Plus Iran was the main rival to Europe, until the 7th century when the Arabs would take that role.
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