For example when Zine El Abedine Ben Ali, the Tunisian strongman was ousted, people thought a
Shia dictator had fallen. Because Zine El Abedine happens to be a very typical
Shia name in large parts of the world. The suffix to his name, Ben Ali, makes the name sound that much more
Shia because the basic division between the sects centres on the personality of Ali, the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law. A Sunni, with a
Shia ring to his name is explained by a simple historical detail: the Fatimids ruled large parts of **rth Africa and Mediterranean enclaves from 909 AD to 1171 AD.
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