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An event still happening now is the Iraqi Civil War, between the two main branches of Islam, the Sunnis and the Shi'ites. There are many differences in beliefs and practices causing conflicts with one another. The conflict increased as the Sunni caused many deaths to the Shi'ites with suicide and car bombers. Shi'ite scholars told the people not to get involved into the conflict and to stay calm. The Shi'ite finally involved themselves to this conflict because the Sunnis bombed a revered Shi'ite shrine in Smarra. The Shi'ites decided to take revenge by burning and assassinating the Sunnis. The "civil war-like situation" proceeds and accounts for over six hundred thousand Iraqi deaths in this violence.

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 * Sunnis' bombing of Shi'ite shrine in Smarra**

The Sunnis and Shias fight to take control of the government of Iraq after Saddam Hussein has just been prosecuted. Shias want to take control of a democratically government, but the Sunnis, being supporters of Saddam Hussein, want to take control of a tyrannical government.

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