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The Middle East is in turmoil, but trying to understand the conflict in terms of simple geopolitics doesn\u2019t provide good answers. Iran is using proxies in Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen to attack Israel and pressure the West. But Iran is a Shia nation while its most violent proxy, Hamas, is an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni group that wants to restore the caliphate\u2014which was based in Turkey. Dr. Timothy Furnish, a scholar of Islamic eschatology, joins us to help untangle the web that binds together Shias and Sunnis, and Persians and Arabs, in their opposition to Israel and the West.We highly recommend Tim\u2019s books Holiest Wars, Ten Years\u2019 Captivation with the Mahdi\u2019s Camps, Sects, Lies and the Caliphate, and The COIN of the Islamic Realm.

Tim\u2019s books are available in hard copy and Kindle format at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Timothy-R.-Furnish/author/B001KDHY64