the five principles of religion ( Usul Al-Din) as stated by Shiism include: Tawhid or belief in divine unity , Nubuwwah or prophecy, Maaad or resurrection , Imamah or the Imamate, belief in the Imams as successors of the prophet and Adl or Divine Justice. in the Three Basic principles -Unity, prophecy and resurrection- Sunism and Shiism agree.
shiah believed in five principles such as prophecy , divine unity , ressurrection , imamah or successors of the prophet and divine justice . THE shiites and sunnus are in common in the first three cases namely in believing in prophecy , divine unity , ressurrection. it is only in the imamah and divine justice that shia and sunni differ . in the question of the imamate , it is the insistence on the esoteric function of the imam that distinguishes the shiite perspective from the sunni .
the issue that divied them was they developed differences
The largest Shiite communities are in Iran, Azerbaijan, southern Iraq, Bahrain, and northern Yemen. The Sunni communities are spread throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Southeast Europe, South Asia, and Indonesia. There are, of course, minorities of Sunni and Shiite Muslims throughout the world.
they are Wahhabi that is a sunni sect.
Most of them were Sunni Hanafis.
Most Arabians practice Sunni Islam, but there are significant minorities of Ibadi Muslims (in Oman -- where they are the majority) and Zaydi Shiite Muslims (in Yemen). Most of the Arabs in Saudi Arabia identify strongly with the Wahhabist Strain of Sunni Islam.
There are more Sunni Muslims than Shiite Muslims. Shiite Muslims represent about 15% of the global Islamic community whereas Sunni Muslims represent 85%. The numbers of the other sects are negligible.
Sunnis
Extremists come from both the Sunni and Shiite camp, but compose a minority in each.
The people of Lebnon have different religions like CHristian, Islam,.. and Muslims there are both shia and sunni. but Hezbollah in Lebanon are shiite Muslims.
No. They are almost all Sunni Muslims.
Shi'ite Muslims worship in Mosques as do Sunni Muslims.
They are not enemies. Refer to question below.
Between 70% to 80% of Muslims in Kuwait belong to the Sunni and 20-30% are Shi'as.
The Ottomans were Sunni Muslims, and the Safavids were Shiite Muslims.
Yes the Muslims there are 70% shia and 30% sunni
Sunni and Shiite, with Sunnis being the majority of 85% of all Muslims.
Sunni Muslims are Muslims who do not believe in Imamat as one of five pillars of Islam. and Shia Muslims are Muslims who believe in Imamat as one of five pillars of Islam. and Kurds are an ethnic living in Kurdistan and are mostly Sunni Muslims.