The division between Shia and Sunni dates back to the death of the Prophet Muhammad, and the question of who was to take over the leadership of the Muslim nation. Sunni Muslims agree with the position taken by many of the Prophet's companions, ... The Shia Muslims believe that following the Prophet Muhammad's death,
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According to R. Scott Appleby, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, "Shiite Muslims, who are concentrated in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, [believe they] had suffered the loss of divinely guided political leadership" at the time of the Imam's disappearance. ... for Sunni Muslims, approximately 90 percent of...
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(Messanger) sunni muslims believe that mohmad had some devine part that is why he was chosen by god (allah) to carry the message. On the other hand shias believe that though he was chosen to carry the devine message, he should be considered as an ordinary man as one from all of the mankind.
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Sunni Muslims themselves admit there might be some small errors in the Hadiths, because the wording is different. However, they do not believe small errors that crept in invalidate the teaching of the hadiths.
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They believe in HERESIES about Jesus. Examples:According to the Quran (Surah 5:116, 5:73-75) the Christians believe in "three Gods" - Father, Mother, and Son. This shows the influence of heretical sects in central Arabia at the ti...
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Muslims believe that since Allah alone is the Creator, it is He alone that deserves our devout love and worship. Islam holds to a strict monotheism. Any worship and prayers directed at saints, prophets, other human beings or nature ... Eid Al-Adha 2009 Hajj 2009 Shia and Sunni Muslims Crescent Moon Islamic Calendar 2009...
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Shia Muslims continue to hold the same fundamental beliefs of other Muslims, with the principle addition being that they also believe in an imamate, ... Sunni Muslims view the caliph as a temporal leader only and consider an imam to be a prayer leader, but for the Shia the historic caliphs were merely de facto rulers while...
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The Nation of Islam as Viewed by Sunni Muslims ... Besides the above two differences, the followers of the Nation of Islam also believe in other things contrary to Islam as defined in the Qur'an and Sunnah, such as: [We, the Black Muslims, believe] "in the truth of the Bible, but we believe that it has been tampered with...
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The Shi'ites may tell you that we are the same and that they love us but beware because the Shi'ites also believe that it is okay and that they will get lots of reward for lying to Sunni Muslims about what they beleive in....Below is the truth that the Shi'ites tried to hide from us for so long, it exposes the pure...
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In either case most Muslims believe that one can find peace only by submitting to God (Allah). The same Arabic root word ... The party (shi'a) of 'Ali broke away from those who claimed to be following the custom (sunna) of the prophet, thereby creating the divide between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims which persists to this day.
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