Simultaneous unrest in Sunni and Shi'a areas of Iraq have raised the specter of a countrywide uprising, but sustained violence has not spread beyond Fallujah, and mainstream Shi'a have declined to join the firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The lack of popular support for this revolt raises questions not only about the unity of Iraq's Shi'a and Sunni communities, but also the factions within each group and our perception of the relationship between them.

Please join AEI and Zainab al-Suwaij, Hedieh Mirahmadi, Reuel Marc Gerecht, and Michael Rubin as they draw on extensive experience in Iraq and the Middle East to discuss Iraq's Shi'a and Sunni communities in light of recent events.