Syrië: Sjiisme, politiek en geld.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gYkv1MriNPw
Document over het sjiisme, Syrie, de conversies:
http://www.currenttrends.org/docLib/20090603_CT8final(post).pdf
Stukje uit de PDF, over Syrie:
http://www.currenttrends.org/research/detail/the-shiite-turn-in-syria
De sjiitische halve maan:
http://www.bilgesam.org/en/images/stories/rapor/iranshiacrescent.pdf
http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/001/786/448/RUG01-001786448_2012_0001_AC.pdf
http://www.fpri.org/orbis/5302/helfont.muslimbrotherhood.pdf
http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/08spring/proctor.pdf
http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/documents/LOWY_ShiaCrescentMyth.pdf
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/28/world/meast/syria-how-did-we-get-here
http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/08/05/assad-granting-syrian-citizenship-to-hezbollah-iraqi-shiites/