Yes, here comes the Caliphate.
Sunni or Shia?
Shia. Shia is on a roll. I think Sunni is in the white hut.
The lesser of the two is Sunni....shia is like Iran.
aHA! You have hit the pertinent question, Sunni got the guns but the Shia got the numbers, right? Looks like there will have to be an internal civil war first.
By definition if it’s a Caliphate it’s Sunni. Sunnis are the Mohammedans who regard the Caliphs as the legitimate successors to Mohammed, Shi’ites are the ones who don’t, considering his son-in-law Ali and a succession of Imams (how many depends on the sect of Shi’ite, there are “Threers, Fourers, Seveners and Twelvers).
Given you FReeper screen name, I’d have thought you’d know that.
I’m not so sure there will be an Islamic government. I think there is most likely going to be a Russian-style oligarchy. Whoever has the least little bit of power there has seen how the mullahs in Iran took over the money-makers and won’t let the mullahs do the same in Libya. I suspect a more Yeltsin/Putin-type of government will be the one that settles out.
Sunni or Shia?
Sufi.