Geneive Abdo : Qaradawi asked , speaking May 31 in Doha , Qatar , about the two largest Muslim sects . ` Sunni tension has erupted into deepening split in Shia world . She says a prominent Shia cleric gave sermon demonizing the Shia sect . Yusuf al Qaradawi harshly criticized Assad which is backing Hezbollah 's regime in Syria . Abdo : There 's little hope of tamping down the increasingly tense relationship .
Geneive Abdo : Sunni tension has erupted into deepening split in Shia world . She says a prominent Shia cleric gave sermon demonizing the Shia sect . Yusuf al Qaradawi harshly criticized Assad which is backing Hezbollah 's regime in Syria . Abdo : There 's little hope of tamping down the increasingly tense relationship .