Posted on 01/11/2007 3:38:24 AM PST by Flavius
Actually, I think not answering the easy question shows that you have no basis for your "truth".
I know muslims who do not fit your definition, and therefore no your "truth" to be false.
So I asked you what your basis was for the statement you made, and you have no answer.
Which is the foundation of bigotry -- unwarranted and inaccurate denegration of classes of people without evidence or reason.
(I grew up in St. Clair Shores.)
Who am I going to believe? You or my lying eyes.
We should redeploy away from Detroit.
The Sunnis consider the Shiites heretics.
Roughly- After Mohammed died he was followed by several Caliphs the fourth one was Ali. When Ali died it split this group called Shiites away from the Sunnis.
The Sunnis continued with the Caliphs saying any descendant of any Caliph is a legitimate Caliph.
The Shiites felt only the descendants of the last Caliph Ali would be a legitimate Caliph. Over this they split away from the Sunnis.
The Sunnis stayed with the Caliphs and the Shiites went their own way with Ayotollas etc.
The Shiites only represent about 15% of the Muslims in the world today. Concentrated mostly in the Iran Iraq area.- Tom
Muslims have been killing and harrassing each other since the 2 major factions began to exist, they will continue to until one or both of them are whiped from the Planet.
Islam is not, and never was a religion of peace, and it CANNOT exist in a peaceful state... a totalitarian state perhaps, but never a peaceful one.
Me.
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