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This link has an interesting perspective on that:
http://elitedaily.com/news/politics/collapse-ottoman-empire-explains-middle-east-today-wwi-100-years-later/689667/
tl;dr WWI and the subsequent breakup of the Ottoman Empire followed by European land/grabs in the Middle East sowed the seeds for modern day sectarian violence in those areas.