Saturday, March 2, 2013

THE SHIITE AND SUNNI STORY


THERE ARE ONE BILLION MUSLIMS WORLD WIDE.  THE SUNNIS HOLD A MAJORITY IN
SAUDI ARABIA, EGYPT, YEMEN, PAKISTAN, INDONESIA, TURKEY, ALGERIA, MOROCCO AND TUNISIA.

SHIITES, HOLD A MAJORITY IN IRAN, IRAQ, AZERBAIJAN AND BAHRAIN BUT MAINTAIN SIZABLE MINORITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND KUWAIT.
THE BILLION MUSLIMS  ARE DIVIDED THUS: 85% ARE SUNNIS AND 15% ARE SHIITES.

STILL WITH ME?  I TRAVEL ON TO THE MAIN THRUST OF THE STORY  --  STAY WITH ME.  THERE ARE  DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.

WHY DO THEY NOT GET ALONG?
SUNNIS ACCEPT THAT THE THE FIRST FOUR CALIPHS, INCLUDING ALI, WERE THE
RIGHTFUL FOLLOWERS OF MUHAMMAD.  SHIITES N ON THE OTHER HAND BELIEVE
IMAMS ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE PROPHET.  THERE YOU HAVE IT.  SO THEY KILL
EACH OTHER.  SINCE THE SUNNIS ARE IN THE MAJORITY THEY KILL MORE SHIITES.

CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS DID NOT GET ALONG FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS (AND IN STRAGGLING CASES STILL AREN'T GETTING ALONG). AH THE MYSTERIES
OF RELIGION.  THEY ALL PROFESS TO BELIEVE IN ONE GOD.