Why did the Sunni and Shia Muslims split apart to form two religious groups?
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They differed on who inherited Mohammed's kingdom after he died. Some said Abu Bakr, and the others didn't. Do a word search on Abu Bakr.
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kinda like Shiites and Sunnies isn't it.
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After the death of Prophet Mohammed, people who believed his successor is his son-in-law Hazrat Ali who will guide the umma in spiritual matters as well as daily matters, hand-in-hand with Holy book Quran are called as Shia. While people who believed that after the death, Quran (the holy book) and Sunna (prophet' deeds) are sufficient for guidance in all spiritual as well as daily matters are called Sunni's.\n\nShia people believe in living Imam (Ali was first Imam) who is responsible for interpretation of the verse in Quran as per change in world.\n\nSunni people interpret the Quran themselves or look for educated theologies experts for guidance.
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There are different types of Muslims just as there are differnt types of jews,christians, etc. Yes alot of fighting happens between sunnis and shia's because sunnis (not all but most) say that the angel Gabriel went to the wrong house. It would be almost blasphemous if someone said that about Mary Imagine if someone told you that God impregnanted the wrong woman. God forbid. Its such a horrible accusation.  So yeah alot of tension.\nAnd yeah alot of tension about Palastine but also because they are cursed because of them killing the prophets (including jesus) Not to mention their ungratefulness to God when he saved them from Pharoh\nAnd God knows Best\nPray that helps
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Yes....it has started to turn into a civil war. To your why......because shia and sunni are two Muslim groups who have been turned against each other . Where there is fuel it is easy to turn it into fire. So there are a lot of people who are exploiting this situation.
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What evidence do you need? They've been murdering each other for as many centuries as the Islamic faith has existed. Islam was invented in the late 7th century.  Early in the 8th century it had already caused so much bloodshed and suffering, such a change in the tribal power structure that in Arabia a power-struggle began over who were the legitimate heirs of "the prophet", i.e. heirs of the power for rule and conquest that Islam supposed.  The majority of moslems are "ahl as-sunnah wa al-jumah" (people of the community); the shiah believe the imam must be descended from Ali by Muhammed's daughter, Fatima, a bit like saying the President should be a direct descendent of Jesus Christ (or Alexander the Great) since Jesus didn't go about murdering his enemies.
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Sunnis are a religious faction of Islam. They make up 90% of all Muslim adherents worldwide. Shiites are basically the other ten percent. Shiites differ from the Sunnis in that tyhey believe that a different caliphate (from the more historically important Sunni one) was the true caliphate - the one begun by Mohammed's grandson, Imam Ali.\n\nThere are other slight differences. Somewhat more like some Christians, Shiites may venerate certain saints and martyrs, and keep vigil at their tombs.\n\nKurds have nothing to do with this religious distinction. Kurds are Sunni muslims. They are instead an ethnic minority. Why they are refered to differently when you watch CNN is because they are the one large population group in Iraq who are not Arabs. They have a different language, history, and customs. They are also a large minority (an often oppressed one) in neighbouring Turkey...
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Muslims--->pissed off, they didnt like christians trying to take their land. They never trusted them again to this day.\n\nJews---> pissed as well. The christians had to go through them to get to the muslims. They suffered several losses.\n\nChrisitans---> even though they didnt reclaim their "holy land", they were able to learn from the muslims who had a more developed socitey at that time. They were able to learn from them and get knowledge that would be applied to Europe.
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Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said that amongst his Ummah (Community of Followers), there will be 73 sects (branches of religion) and only 1 will be the correct one.\n\nSo, having that cleared up...\nSh'ia or Shi'ites believe that Hazrat Ali (may allah be pleased with him) should have been the last prophet and not Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)\n\nSunnis follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah\n\nSufis are mysticals who are deeply religious and close to nature\n\nAhmadis (i'm not sure if they are considered muslims...but most likely not)...because they believe that there will be another prophet who will come after Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and anyone who believes so is not considered a Muslim.\n\nInshallah, i hope i cleared that up!\n\nSeek the truth, (God Wiling), you will find it!
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A lot of those who die everyday, are normal hard working people, just trying to get to work, or school. Its really sad that Americans have such a big misconception about that. Look at the one guys response, saying they are rude. How the heck are they rude? There was always a division between the Sunni and Shia, but now its such a division!
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well, muslim polygamy emerged from the disproportionate number of women to men because so many men were out fighting battles. because there were so much more women than men polygamy emerged to save the muslim population. Had women fought the battles and not men, it might have been the other way around
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If muslims are leaving their faith could it be because of the following:\n\nThe Qur'an tells muslims to kill and go to war to fight for Islam:  Quran, chapters (Surahs) 9:5; 2:191; 2:193; 3:118; 4:75,76; 5:33, 8:12; 8:65; 9:73,123; 33:60-62.  \nFight for Allah:  "And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers, (Quran 2:191). \nMuslims are to battle for Allah:  "Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak," (Quran 4:76). \nKill those against Islam:  "The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter," (Quran 5:33). \nBeheading:  "When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger. 13That is because they opposed Allah and His messenger. Whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, (for him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment," (Quran 8:12). \nAllah urges war:  "O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are a people who do not understand," (Quran 8:65). \nSlay non-muslims:  "Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful," (Quran 9:5). \nAllah urges war:  "O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination," (Quran 9:73). \nAllah urges war:  "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil)," (Quran 9:123). \nAllah urges killing: "...the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease and the agitators in the city do not desist... 61Cursed: wherever they are found they shall be seized and murdered, a (horrible) murdering. 62(Such has been) the course of Allah with respect to those who have gone before; and you shall not find any change in the course of Allah, (Quran 33:60-62). \nBeheading:  "Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens..." (Quran 47:4). \nAllah loves those who fight for him.  "Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure," (Quran 61:4).
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Suspect the Marines are wondering the same thing.  It has become a confusing state of affairs,  You have Sutr's militia [Shias'] replacing Americans in Sutr City. slum area of the Shias. Then you have Militia running about and it's not clear who they are.  almost always just referred to as terrorist and sometimes Chias.  My conclusion has been "It's a fiasco."
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Most shias and Sunnis dont have a problem. \nHowever, some of them do and are acting based on history and Emotions.\n\nEmotions.\nWhen Saddam was in power, he executed and killed many shias. (Saddam was a sunni) but many sunnis beleive he didnt do the right thing by torturing the Shia.\n\nNow that there is no one to torture the Shias, they the shias are reacting more towards their emotions of the past.\n\nOfcourse, the few who have no control of their emotions, attack anyone who comes inbetween unfortunately.\n\nMost Sunnis and Shias are united. It is the few who are not quite setting things straight end up making a big mess.\n\nAll the clerics of the Shia and Sunni are calling for unity and peace and hopefully, this meassage goes through to the few who are filled with emotions, in the Sunni and the Shia.
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the sitation in Iraq is understandable and it has nothing to do with "religion" \n\nregardless of the (minor) religious difference Sunnis and Shiites lived together in peace for centuries.\nit wasn't until the invasion of Iraq when hell broke loose. at first, the Iraqis rejoiced when the US military over thrown the Ba'th regime of Saddam Hussein.\n\nnow we have the Iraqi people (Sunnis and Shiites) and Al Qaida (foreign fighters from all over the Mideast and mostly Sunnis) in Iraq right.\nAl Qaida in Iraq are committed to fight the Americans in Iraq to the bitter end until we either get out or get killed. that's how they think.\n\nafter the first few months the majority of the Iraqis who "rejoiced" when Saddam was caught, started to get tired of the US occupation and the militias started to grow.\nin the beginning there was no fighting between Shiites and Sunnis at all. all the fighting was basically against the US and UK. Sunni Iraqis who wanted to get involved in this joined Al Qaida (foreign Arabs) and Shiites Iraqis joined Al Mahdi Army in Baghdad's Sadr city.\nnow this Mahdi militia was showing our troops hell until the US Army had to make a truce with their leader Muqtada Al Sadr and promised him that the new regime will be controlled by Shiites instead Sunnis who ruled Iraq for many many years under Saddam's regime.\n\nSunnis see this as treason and therefore justify killing the "traitors". they started bombing Shiite neighborhoods, mosques, and markets.\nbottom line is our military is some what responsible for all the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites.\n\nin my opinion both Shiites and Sunnis who do kill innocent people for no reason other than being Sunni or Shiites (civilians) are vicious animals and don't deserve to breath.\nunfortunately the civil war has erupted and there's nothing we can do to stop it.\nmark my words. this current regime will not last for too long.
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They've been killing each other way longer than we've been involved.  It's like two denominations of islam, much like the horrible things done between the protestants and the catholics in the dark ages.
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Why does every body think that there is two different Gods for two differen religions of Islam and Christian?