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defroach84 t1_iwhfiv9 wrote

Reply to comment by billybobbaconator in Iran football legend Daei will not attend World Cup amid protests by sirbarani

They aren't friends with Iran due to oil.

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billybobbaconator t1_iwhh291 wrote

Iran is Shiite and Qatar is a Wahhabi influenced Sunni state, so they aren’t friends due to religion. However they do share the world’s largest oil and gas field, which they cooperate to drill. In short, they are friendly because of petroleum, not religion.

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defroach84 t1_iwhobhn wrote

Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought the royal family was a different sect than a majority of the population, also why the had an issue with UAE and Saudi a couple years back.

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billybobbaconator t1_iwhz2t4 wrote

That’s Bahrain

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defroach84 t1_iwi0vcx wrote

Considering I was born there, I would think I would know that.

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billybobbaconator t1_iwi1rk8 wrote

The ruling Al khalifas are Sunni while the majority of the (native) population are Shia

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throwaway481677 t1_iwhjpaa wrote

You realise that the difference between Islam in Iran and the islam in gulf states is huge? Shiite muslims especially after the first islamic civil war, would get along better with Jews and Christians than with Sunnites

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defroach84 t1_iwhp67x wrote

I realize that, I was thinking Qatar was from the same sect as Iran, which also was why they had major issues with Saudi and the UAE recently. Apparently I was wrong.

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throwaway481677 t1_iwhsmf1 wrote

Tbf if it was a Shiite state it would've never existed in the first place, Wahhabists from Saudia Arabia wouldn't have allowed it

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