Attack Quote by Peter Bergen

The terrorists want civil war. Al-Qaida is attacking Shiites. The Shiite militias are taking revenge on the Sunnis. And the Sunnis are become more…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

I hear a lot of talk about civil war. I'm concerned about that, of course. And I've talked to a lot of people about…

— George W. Bush

If you look at all those terrorist groups - I'm talking, going back, Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Nusra, al-Qaeda, ISIS - they're all proxy armies in…

— Lawrence Wright

It's particularly incumbent in the Middle East on Sunni Arab nations to fight for values, to fight for the protection of innocent life, to…

— Jeff Fortenberry

Everybody wants to talk about sectarian conflicts of the war in Iraq, but the fact of the matter is, Sunnis have lived with Shias…

— Jack Keane

Unfortunately, the source of all this conflict between the Sunnis and Shia is some major powers that do not want religious unity amongst Muslims.

— Yousef Saanei

You know, since the 6th century, Sunni and Shia have been fighting.

— John Kasich

Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and the west.…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Adding to your list of enemies is never a sound strategy, yet ISIS' ferocious campaign against the Shia, Kurds, Yazidis, Christians, and Muslims who…

— Peter Bergen

Even if Iraq IS a civil war, people have won civil wars.

— Newt Gingrich

Certain Gulf Arabs support proxy jihadist Sunni groups such as al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, while Iran supports Shia militant forces such as Hezbollah.

— Peter Bergen

Sunnis consider Shias a pack of unwholesome fanatics and Shias consider Sunnis a gang of lukewarm no-goods - there's nothing like religion for spreading…

— Dervla Murphy