What do you know about Sunni & Shia

[Lancer]

I know they split after the demise of the comedy hour...

No, which arab nations are which sect? Can the division be used to weaken our enemies? What about Turkey, Pakistan, which sect?

Which has the most believers? Who supports the terrorists?

What are the differences in belief?

[Sprayber]

Sunnis are more numerous.

Wasn't the split over who would be the successor to Muhammad. Sunnis consider Shia to be heretics IIRC.

Iran has the largest number of Shia

The Arab countries are mostly Sunni.

Turkey-Sunni?
Pakastan-Sunni as well I believe


Just off the top of my head I could be mistaken on some of the points.

[CrONoS]

They seems to dont be monolithic sects; even Shia Iraqian and Shia from Iran are in conflict about where they are supposed to do the pilgrimage.

I know a lot more now:

Iran and Iraq: The Shia Connection, Soft Power, and the Nuclear Factor(mainly about Shia)

http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr156.html

Who are the Shia?

http://hnn.us/articles/1455.html

What's the Difference Between Shia and Sunni Muslims?

http://islam.about.com/cs/divisions/f/shia_sunni.htm

[Darius871]

[BeBMan]

IMO asking questions is much better than to google or to wiki everything and then pretend to be the new Einstein.....

[Lancer]

If everyone gooled then the OT would have to shut down and oh what a loss that would be.

So if we could set the Sunni against the Shia then we could turn the Arabs against the Iranians.

[RoboCon]

Hello there! I see you are discussing Shia-Sunni Conflict. Perhaps I can be of assistance.

From the beginning, word was the law school at Yale for George Bush. The only stipulation was to curb the amount of liberal thinking? I'll never forget when I logged into racial thuggery, the result was a violation of Dr. Strangelove's toilet bowl. Try to understand, the first thing that Tony Snow is hearing is a message from the group. Did the president describe stem-cell research as "murder" on Meet the Press? We understand your logic, but Rumsfeld isn't eligible to be the fall-guy here, like a giant squid.

[Lancer]

Thanks

[Guardian]

Sunni and Shia are already fighting each other in many neighborhoods, and to the best of my knowledge, nothing even remotely good has come out of it so far. But of course, if we want even more war and misery than we already have, go right ahead and fan the flames...

Oh, and by the way, the Arabs are already not liking the Iranian regime too much.

[Lancer]

Did you make it the rest of the way up the mountain by any chance.

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Guardian
Sunni and Shia are already fighting each other in many neighborhoods, and to the best of my knowledge, nothing even remotely good has come out of it so far. But of course, if we want even more war and misery than we already have, go right ahead and fan the flames...

Oh, and by the way, the Arabs are already not liking the Iranian regime too much.

Since I don't particularly like the Iranian regime either, I'm glad we have something in common with the arabs.

[Guardian]

Mountain?

[Lancer]

That post was responding to RoboCon.

[Guardian]

Oki.
I kind of thought it might be.

[Lancer]

I'm sure.