Perhaps President Obama could start the Middle East Peace Process by halting the slaughter of Shiite Muslims by Sunni Muslims

Please consider the following headlines from the last three days.

• Tension abounds in Pakistani city as Shiites bury bombing victims: Islamabad - Pakistan's south-western city of Quetta was tense Saturday as minority Shiite Muslims buried victims of a suicide bombing that killed over 70 innocent people...

• Afghanistan: Taliban Behead Man Because He Was a Shia Muslim…: A Shia man [was] beheaded by Taliban in Sai Ganj area of Ghazni... [Also about] a month ago, 10 Hazara Shia from Jaghori district of Ghazni were beheaded by Taliban. They were mostly students on their way to homes for summer vocations from Kabul. Taliban kidnapped them in Muqur area and found student ID cards from them. They were all slaughtered...

• Bahraini Radical Authorities Ban Shia Muslims Peaceful Quds Rally: Shia Muslim annual march in support of the Palestinian Intifada was yesterday cancelled by Bahraini bigot authorities...

• Taliban threaten attacks in America, Europe and [on] Shia Muslims: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened on Friday to launch attacks in the US and Europe “very soon”...

• Saudi Arabia: Gunmen attack Masjid in Riyadh: Three men, including an imam, have been injured in a shooting which occurred at a mosque following late night Ramadan prayers in the Saudi city of Riyadh...

• HRW urges Bahrain to investigate torture against Shia activists: Human Rights Watch has urged Bahraini authorities to immediately look into allegations of torture made by four Shiite activists in detention since mid-August...

Before we worry about peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis, perhaps President Obama should extend his outreach to the Muslim world community by brokering some kind of peace deal between the Shiite and Sunni sects.