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curious2
2017 Jun 7, 6:53pm
Not to mention Persians vs Arabs.
If the Persians had any self respect at all, they'd cast off the hateful fraud of the dead charlatan Mohamed, maybe even revert to Zorastrianism. Instead, 5x/day, they bow down to a dead Arab and demand everyone else must do the same.
More stupid religious bullshit.
Superstition is followed by many.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups
Strategist
2017 Jun 7, 8:00pm
"Some time before 9/11, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, once the powerful Saudi ambassador in Washington and head of Saudi intelligence...had a revealing and ominous conversation with the head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove. Prince Bandar told him: "The time is not far off in the Middle East, Richard, when it will be literally 'God help the Shia'. More than a billion Sunnis have simply had enough of them.""
Love it. And i'm sure Prince Bandar realizes 6 billion people have had enough of Muslims.
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for two attacks that claimed at least 12 lives in Iran on Wednesday. With this, the flaring tensions between Sunnis and Shias are once again in the news.
Iran is a Shia Muslim majority state often in tension with Sunni states and extremist groups like the Islamic State or al-Qaeda. These attacks are the latest chapter in the story of the centuries-long strained relationship between Sunnis and Shias.
As a scholar of Islam and a public educator, I often field questions about Sunnis, Shias and the sects of Islam. What exactly is the Shia-Sunni divide? And what is its history?
History of divide
Both Sunnis and Shias – drawing their faith and practice from the Qur’an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad – agree on most of the fundamentals of Islam. The differences are related more to historical events, ideological heritage and issues of leadership.
Leadership disagreements
Over time, Islam continued to expand and develop into evermore complex and overlapping societies that spanned from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa to Asia. This development demanded more codified forms of religious and political leadership.
Differences masked during Hajj
Other disputes that continue to exacerbate the divide include issues of theology, practice and geopolitics. For example, when it comes to theology Sunnis and Shias draw from different “Hadith†traditions. Hadith are the reports of the words and deeds of the prophet and considered an authoritative source of revelation, second only to the Quran.
The greatest splits today, however, come down to politics. Although the majority of Sunni and Shia are able to live peacefully together, the current global political landscape has brought polarization and sectarianism to new levels. Shia-Sunni conflicts are raging in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan and the divide is growing deeper across the Muslim world.
Note: Detailed read if you click on all the embedded sub links for additional information. http://theconversation.com/what-is-the-shia-sunni-divide-78216
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