Sunni versus Shia – What's the Difference?

[Roudy]

The beginning of the Sunni / Shia divide was originally political......how the leader over the muslim people was to be chosen.

Sunni position: The best person to lead is voted on by a council of elders.

Shiite position: The leader must be a direct bloodline descendant of Prophet Muhammad.


Over the years Shiite hereditary leadership has morphed into the theocratic rulers in Iran and southern Iraq called the Ayatollah.

The Ayatollah is much like the Catholic Pope in that he speaks for God. The difference is the Ayatollah's words must be obeyed without question.


The Sunni's on the other hand, have no religious hierarchy; and are under no obligation to obey any Imam or religious leaders rulings or fatwas.


The animosity today between Sunni and Shia today mainly has to do with religious doctrine and practice.

In order to separate themselves from the majority Sunni's; .....the Shiites over the centuries have developed a heretical cult version of Islam that is extremely offensive to Sunni muslims; and full of blasphemy and slander towards Muhammad's wives and companions.


I hope this helps......

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Wow, and you call yourself a Muslim? You know less about the differences than most non Muslims.

 

[Sunni Man]

Wow, and you call yourself a Muslim? You know less about the differences than most non Muslims.

I tried to keep the explanation very straight forward and easy to understand for non muslims without getting bogged down in Islamic terminology.

But, I'm sure a great Juden scholar like yourself Roudy could elucidate the subject matter much better than me. ..

 

[Spoonman]

The beginning of the Sunni / Shia divide was originally political......how the leader over the muslim people was to be chosen.

Sunni position: The best person to lead is voted on by a council of elders.

Shiite position: The leader must be a direct bloodline descendant of Prophet Muhammad.


Over the years Shiite hereditary leadership has morphed into the theocratic rulers in Iran and southern Iraq called the Ayatollah.

The Ayatollah is much like the Catholic Pope in that he speaks for God. The difference is the Ayatollah's words must be obeyed without question.


The Sunni's on the other hand, have no religious hierarchy; and are under no obligation to obey any Imam or religious leaders rulings or fatwas.


The animosity today between Sunni and Shia today mainly has to do with religious doctrine and practice.

In order to separate themselves from the majority Sunni's; .....the Shiites over the centuries have developed a heretical cult version of Islam that is extremely offensive to Sunni muslims; and full of blasphemy and slander towards Muhammad's wives and companions.


I hope this helps......

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It does, Thank you Sunni Man. I wish i was able to rep you for that post.

 

[toastman]

Wow, and you call yourself a Muslim? You know less about the differences than most non Muslims.

I tried to keep the explanation very straight forward and easy to understand for non muslims without getting bogged down in Islamic terminology.

But, I'm sure a great Juden scholar like yourself Roudy could elucidate the subject matter much better than me. ..

And this post itself shows how you are a Muslim

 

[Sunni Man]

Wow, and you call yourself a Muslim? You know less about the differences than most non Muslims.

I tried to keep the explanation very straight forward and easy to understand for non muslims without getting bogged down in Islamic terminology.

But, I'm sure a great Juden scholar like yourself Roudy could elucidate the subject matter much better than me. ..

And this post itself shows how you are a Muslim

Thank you for your support and belief in me Toastman. ..

 

[Blackrook]

Catholics and Protestants were going at it 500 years ago, but they ultimately decided that it wasn't worth it anymore to keep up the killing.

I'm wondering why the Muslims haven't come to the same conclusion by now.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The religion is still in its mid-teens church wise, the same age as the Protestants and Catholics five hundred years ago.

 

[Zander]

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Allah Monkey kill!!!

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Allah Monkey Kill!!

 

[Sunni Man]

The religion is still in its mid-teens church wise, the same age as the Protestants and Catholics five hundred years ago.

Typical western hubris. .

Islam and sharia law are unchangeable an have stood the test of time.

Whereas, the West has devolved back into a primitive bankrupt moral and spiritual state.

And is slowly circling the drain. ..

 

[Roudy]

Wow, and you call yourself a Muslim? You know less about the differences than most non Muslims.

I tried to keep the explanation very straight forward and easy to understand for non muslims without getting bogged down in Islamic terminology.

But, I'm sure a great Juden scholar like yourself Roudy could elucidate the subject matter much better than me. ..

You described the Sunni version. The Shiite version says that men with lots of power, money and territory made a "move" on Mohammad's "throne" instead of letting the true heirs his relatives Ali, Hussein, Hasan, Abbas, etc. The Sunni / Shiite divide is one of the most bloody chapters in the history of Islam's beginnings, which probably contributed to why we see such savagery and barbarism, and no respect for human life from Muslims today.

 

[Blackrook]

The religion is still in its mid-teens church wise, the same age as the Protestants and Catholics five hundred years ago.

Typical western hubris. .

Islam and sharia law are unchangeable an have stood the test of time.

Whereas, the West has devolved back into a primitive bankrupt moral and spiritual state.

And is slowly circling the drain. ..

And yet, we will still defeat you.

 

[Roudy]

The religion is still in its mid-teens church wise, the same age as the Protestants and Catholics five hundred years ago.

The religion, if you can call it that, will never grow out of this stage.

 

[Sunni Man]

The religion is still in its mid-teens church wise, the same age as the Protestants and Catholics five hundred years ago.

Typical western hubris. .

Islam and sharia law are unchangeable an have stood the test of time.

Whereas, the West has devolved back into a primitive bankrupt moral and spiritual state.

And is slowly circling the drain. ..

And yet, we will still defeat you.

In Iraq?......nope

Afghanistan?.......nope

Somalia?.......nope

 

[TheOldSchool]

Typical western hubris. .

Islam and sharia law are unchangeable an have stood the test of time.

Whereas, the West has devolved back into a primitive bankrupt moral and spiritual state.

And is slowly circling the drain. ..

And yet, we will still defeat you.

In Iraq?......nope

Afghanistan?.......nope

Somalia?.......nope

You sure you want to use those 3 shitholes as examples?

 

[Sunni Man]

And yet, we will still defeat you.

In Iraq?......nope

Afghanistan?.......nope

Somalia?.......nope

You sure you want to use those 3 shitholes as examples?

Those are the last 3 places that the U.S. tried and failed to impose it's will on muslim people. ..

 

[TheOldSchool]

In Iraq?......nope

Afghanistan?.......nope

Somalia?.......nope

You sure you want to use those 3 shitholes as examples?

Those are the last 3 places that the U.S. tried and failed to impose it's will on muslim people. ..

Muslims tried once almost 13 years ago to impose their will on America.

ONCE

 

[Blackrook]

Typical western hubris. .

Islam and sharia law are unchangeable an have stood the test of time.

Whereas, the West has devolved back into a primitive bankrupt moral and spiritual state.

And is slowly circling the drain. ..

And yet, we will still defeat you.

In Iraq?......nope

Afghanistan?.......nope

Somalia?.......nope

Add up all the Nobel prizes won by Muslims and compare it to all Nobel prizes won by Jews.

Do you know this figure?

 

[Blackrook]

In Iraq?......nope

Afghanistan?.......nope

Somalia?.......nope

You sure you want to use those 3 shitholes as examples?

Those are the last 3 places that the U.S. tried and failed to impose it's will on muslim people. ..

You say in your avatar that you are a "Patriotic American Muslim" but clearly that is not so.

 

[Sunni Man]

You sure you want to use those 3 shitholes as examples?

Those are the last 3 places that the U.S. tried and failed to impose it's will on muslim people. ..

Muslims tried once almost 13 years ago to impose their will on America.

ONCE

If you are talking about 9/11.....I personally don't believe any muslims were involved......it was a an inside Mossad/CIA false flag operation.......but that is another topic for another thread. ...

 

[Sunni Man]

Add up all the Nobel prizes won by Muslims and compare it to all Nobel prizes won by Jews.

Do you know this figure?

The Nobel Prize committee is basically a Jew club.

So I don't expect muslims to win the prize. .