In the U.S., ‘red state, blue state Shia’ tussle over future

By Rachel Zoll / The Bulletin
July 25, 2009

DEARBORN, Mich. — The hotel conference room was divided: men on the left, women on the right. The speaker, a compact, bearded man in a safari vest, had come to talk about current events and the Quran.

In the weeks leading up to the gathering, post-election protests had shaken Iran, and....

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