The Shia-Sunni fault line, with Syria currently at its epicentre, is certainly contributing, he notes.
One leader who has recently come into the fold is the Shia preacher, Muqtada al-Sadr.
His Islamist Shia party did well in the local elections on a relatively secular law-and-order platform.
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Yet they were also prepared to make concessions to the Shia, the country's majority group.
Instead, prosecutors sought the arrest of four members of the pro-Syrian Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah.
Shia Muslims also venerate the example of Hussein, who was killed for his faith.
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There are part of the Shia constituency also are not very happy with this constitution.
Yet the rise of Shia power in Iraq may start to encourage demands for greater enfranchisement.
But Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shia cleric, is a stickler for democratic form.
Friday also saw tension in Bahrain as Shia Muslims marked Jerusalem Day in support of Palestinians.
It has a Shia Muslim majority but is governed by a Sunni royal family.
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Syrian rebels and the opposition have accused the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah of attacking Syrian villages.
It long ago stopped boycotting Lebanese elections, and now controls 60% of the country's Shia municipalities.
The important Shia leader al-Sistani said today that he opposes the change to the de-baathification law.
He's already made the statement and he's already acting to take on the Shia militia.
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The religiously minded, centralist Shia disagree on several big issues with the more secular, federalist Kurds.
Separately, Syrian rebels released one of a group of 11 Lebanese Shia held hostage since May.
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In any event, the religious politicians have to compete against secular ones for the Shia vote.
They should realise that the Islamic world, and particularly the Shia world, will not remain silent...
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The council will also have four Shia members, one of whom is a woman.
In mainly Shia Basra, most of the insurgency is aimed at British soldiers rather than Iraqis.
He was reportedly behind last week's eleventh-hour objections from Shia members of the Governing Council.
Tehran says they are pilgrims who had been heading for a Shia religious site.
Dawa, the oldest Shia party in Iraq, discourages its supporters from joining Mr Sadr's rallies.
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Shia pilgrims, who have been frequently targeted in Iraq, have been observing the festival of Arbaeen.
Shia connections around the Middle East, long held back by Sunni rulers, would strengthen.
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This seems fairly likely to go to another Shia, as it did in the previous government.
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