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Another difference between Sunnis and Shiites has to do with the Mahdi, “the rightly-guided one” whose role is to bring a just global caliphate into being. As historian Timothy Furnish has written, "The major difference is that for Shi`is he has already been here, and will return from hiding; ... for Sunni Muslims,
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Both Sunni and Shia Muslims share the most fundamental . The differences between these two main sub-groups within Islam initially stemmed not from spiritual differences, but political ones. Over the centuries, however, these political diffe...
http://islam.about.com/cs/divisions/f/shia_sunni.htm
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This difference between following either the Ahl al-Bayt (Muhammad's family and descendents) or the Caliph Abu Bakr has shaped Shia and non-Shia views on some of the Qur'an, ... Most Sunni lawyers define themselves as those Muslims who are rooted in one of the four orthodox schools of Sunni law (Hanafi, Maliki,
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www.spiritrestoration.org/Church/Sunni_and_Shiite_Musli...
www.spiritrestoration.org/Church/Sunni_and_Shiite_Muslims.htm
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"You said that 90 percent of the world's Muslims are Sunni and 10 percent are Shi'ah," one of the men said. "We wanted you to know that the Shi'ah are not Muslims at all." ... But do the differences between Sunni and Shi'ah have implications for evangelism, Christian-Muslim dialogue, and Iraq's church?
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www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/aprilweb-only/4-28-31...
www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/aprilweb-only/4-28-31.0.html
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It is alleged that instead of missionary work to non-Muslims, the Shia harbor a deep-seated disdain towards Sunni Islam and prefer to devote their attention to winning over other Muslims to their group. There is ongoing violent strife between Sunnis and Shias in Pakistan.
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www.islamfortoday.com/shia.htm
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The Islamic religion was started by God revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel (Jibril) in the seventh century. In 622, Prophet Muhammad founded the first Islamic state, a theocracy in Medina, a city in western Sa...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_betwee...
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Difference between shi'ite sunni muslims? Why the Sunny and Shia Muslims separated? Why did the shia and sunni muslims split? Whats the difrence between sunni and shia? What is difference between sunni and shia? Difference between sunni and shiah muslims?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Difference_between_Sunni_and_Shia_Mu...
wiki.answers.com/Q/Difference_between_Sunni_and_Shia_Muslims
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Wow, this man is dangerous, he doesn'y even understand the dynamics between Shua ans Sunni muslams.....this man can't get the White house unless you want Bush's Third term. ... It's difficult for most Americans that aren't educated about Islam to understand the difference between the Shiites, who make up 15% of Islam...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/18/780688.aspx
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According to Peter Galbraith former U.S. diplomat on a Channel 4 special aired Nov 21, Bush didn't know there was a difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims as late as January 2003. The report (link to video at the Dossier below) has a lot more ...here's the part where Bush shows again how in over his head he really is.
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www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/8/215257/257
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