[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Man, I better get back to my history.ha. Whew.

How about quick differentiation between Sunni and shia?

[cripplecreek]

Shiites are pretty brutal in their own right but Sunnis are almost always the ones to blow themselves up.

[RaceBannon]

Sunnis believe that the muslim leadership is passed by vote of the council

SHiite believe it is passed by blood line, from father to son

[okie01]

How about quick differentiation between Sunni and shia?

Shia-Sunni Relations

[gitmo]

There was an article this week on the differences in the two denominations, and that's what made me start wondering about this.

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From a historic viewpoint as recorded, with Muhammad's death in AD 632, disagreement broke out over who should succeed him as leader of the Muslim community. Umar (Umar ibn al-Khattab), a prominent companion of Muhammad, nominated Abu Bakr. Others added their support and Abu Bakr was made the first caliph. This choice was disputed by some of Muhammad's companions, who held that Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib), his cousin and son-in-law, had been designated his successor.[1] None of Muhammad's sons survived into adulthood, therefore direct hereditary succession was never an option. Later, during the First Fitna and the Second Fitna the community divided into several sects and groups, each of which had its own idea about successorship. Finally, after the Rashidun caliphate turned into Monarchies and Sultanates, while in most of the areas during Muslim history Sunnis have held power and Shiites have emerged as their opposition.

From a religious viewpoint, Muslims later split into two groups, Sunni and Shia. Sunnis assert that even though Muhammad never appointed a successor, Abu Bakr was elected first caliph by the Muslim community. The Sunnis recognize the first four caliphs as Muhammad's rightful successors. Shias believe that Muhammad explicitly named his successor Ali at Ghadir Khumm and Muslim leadership belonged to him who had been determined by divine order.

That is from Wikipedia.. And that's what all this infighting is about. Iran is Shiite. . ISIS is Sunni.

[combat_boots]

Shia come from the martyr Hussein. They branch off into 7ers and 12ers. The 12ers are batchitcrazy.

Shi’ites broke away, arguing over succession. This has now become a difference in how/a bit of what they believe.

12ers are on board with the Hidden Imam, who’ll appear from a well near Qom.

Boy, that knowledge came from far away back.

I always wanted to see the Blue Mosque of Isfahan, though. Looked pretty.

[citizen352]

Sunni is most of the Middle East excluding Iran and Israel. Sunni believes follows the Caliph who is the descendant of Muhammad. The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was also the Caliph of the Ottoman empire. The Ottoman empire extended from the border of India to Southern Europe, North Africa, Egypt and Sudan. The Sunnis dominate the region. Shiites are living in many of these areas today. Iran is dominated by Shiites. Shiites believe in the imams who are descendants of Ali and the return of the Mahdi in the end times.