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Question: Is Obama Sunni or Shiite?
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Posted on 06/27/2014 6:37:26 PM PDT by gitmo

With the raging war between the Sunni and the Shiites in Iraq, and with the presidents apparent animosity toward the Iraqi government it seems important to understand if Obama has ties to the Sunnis or to the Shiites. Does anyone on FR know the answer to this?


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KEYWORDS: jarrett; obama; obamamuslim; obamareligion; shiite; sunni
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To: gitmo

0bama is a jerk.


21 posted on 06/27/2014 6:43:44 PM PDT by SkyDancer (If you don't read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read newspapers you are misinformed)
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To: gitmo

I still want to know if he’s black or white?


22 posted on 06/27/2014 6:45:14 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: South40

Just after eating I scroll by that picture.


23 posted on 06/27/2014 6:46:25 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: gitmo

what about ValJar?


24 posted on 06/27/2014 6:46:49 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

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


25 posted on 06/27/2014 6:47:17 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Viennacon

I vote dumb ass


27 posted on 06/27/2014 6:47:35 PM PDT by servantboy777
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To: gitmo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Kenya

Though the majority of Kenyan Muslims are Sunni, there is a population of Kenyan Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. Approximately 73% identify themselves as Sunni, 8% Shia and 4% Ahmadi while the majority of the rest do not associate themselves with a particular group.[2] In large part, Shias are Ismailis descended from or influenced by oceanic traders from the Middle East and India. These Shia Muslims include the Dawoodi Bohra, who number some 6,000-8,000 in the country.


28 posted on 06/27/2014 6:47:37 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: gitmo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Indonesia

The majority adheres to the Sunni Muslim tradition mainly of the Shafi’i madhhab (99%).[2][3] There are around one million are Shias, who are concentrated around Jakarta,[4] and about 400,000 Ahmadi Muslims.[5] In general, the Muslim community can be categorized in terms of two orientations: “modernists,” who closely adhere to orthodox theology while embracing modern learning; and “traditionalists,” who tend to follow the interpretations of local religious leaders (predominantly in Java) and religious teachers at Islamic boarding schools (pesantren).


29 posted on 06/27/2014 6:48:40 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: cripplecreek

Radical.


30 posted on 06/27/2014 6:49:18 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: dalereed

Not fully Shiite, just a piece of Shiite.


31 posted on 06/27/2014 6:49:53 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: cripplecreek
Shia–Sunni relations
32 posted on 06/27/2014 6:50:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: gitmo

Sunni, most likely, Wahabi version of it

Obama is Muslim Brotherhood, through and through, and they are Sunni

That is why he supports ISIS, they are a MB creation


33 posted on 06/27/2014 6:51:09 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Lk 16:31 And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will theybe persuaded)
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To: Southack

that’s the one He ate?


34 posted on 06/27/2014 6:51:37 PM PDT by Big Red Badger ( - William Diamonds Drum - can You Hear it G man?)
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To: gitmo

he goes both ways


35 posted on 06/27/2014 6:51:45 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: gitmo

He bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia. So Id say whichever the house of said is!


36 posted on 06/27/2014 6:51:47 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

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


37 posted on 06/27/2014 6:52:19 PM PDT by RaceBannon (Lk 16:31 And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will theybe persuaded)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Good reference. Thanks m


38 posted on 06/27/2014 6:53:47 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: RaceBannon

Given a choice I’d rather deal with the Shiites. There are far fewer of them and they don’t seem to have near as much of an expansionist drive.

On the other hand, they desire the apocalypse so the Mahdi can climb up out of his well.


39 posted on 06/27/2014 6:55:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: doc1019

Isn’t 666 the proper mark?


40 posted on 06/27/2014 6:56:53 PM PDT by fish hawk (no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
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