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Is Arab where the sunni and shiites conflict begin?
Arab is not the name of any place. do you mean the Arabian peninsul?
Did the Shiites burn down the Sunni temple?
no at all. Shiite, themselves, condemn any action which led to burn of holy places. according to Shiite , Allah in Quran refers t6 companions of the cave and the temple which built for the sake of respecting them. it means that shiites not only not given to burn respected placed by Sunnis but also they respect to this kind of places.
Is Shiite Islam a universal or ethnic?
Shiite was initially a small group of people, its not a religion but a group of Muslims who have certain views. They are in nearly all Muslim countries. There was never any ethnic nature tied to being a Shiite. Shiites have been Arabs, Amazigh (Berbers/Moors), Persians, Turks, and Indians. However, because Shiites have been persecuted in almost every Sunni Muslim country in pre-modern history (and even some to this day), many Shiites do not openly proselytize Sunnis to avoid political repercussions. However, Shiite Islam is just as evangelistic as Sunni Islam.
Why did Shiites hate Saddam?
There are several reasons, but primarily because he:forbid them the right to practice their unique religious practices such as the flagellation on the Tenth of Ashuraprevented them from freely associating with one anothermassacred Shiite populations that had peacefully assembledshowed favoritism to Sunni Arabsdenied them an economic stake in oil drilled in their provincesviolated some of their sacred sites and prevented pilgrimages of foreign Shiites to those sitesThe list goes on, but this captures the highlights.
Why do the shiites worship?
shiites are Muslims and according Koran that is base of Islam laws any Muslim should worship.
How were shiites treated by abbasids?
shiites were under control and any political action was banned for them and Imam of shia Muslims was in prison by abbasids.
What dangers does Shiite Islam represent to Sunni Islam?
Answer 1There are no dangers to Sunni Muslims. They are under the protection of Almighty Allah Karim, if they remain true to Him and to the last Prophet of Islam our beloved Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (SAW).Answer 2The theology and beliefs of Shiite Islam do not present any "dangers" to Sunni Islam. There are certainly disagreements such as the importance or infallibility of Imams, the role of the Mahdi, and methods of prayer, specific additional religious texts, etc. However, practice or belief in Shiite Islam is not a threat to the practice or belief in Sunni Islam. The two religions can easily be practiced in tandem.Unfortunately, the human followers of each religion have not always been as conscientious as they should be. While the dominant direction of persecution has been of Sunnis repressing Shiites, there are certainly instances of Shiites repressing Sunnis. Some of those "dangers" to Sunni Muslims perpetrated by Shiite Muslims are listed below:The first major attack of Shiites against Sunni leadership was in the final days of the Fatimid Caliphate when Fatimid rulers created the Assassins who took down many notable Sunni leaders such as Grand Vizier Nizam ul-Mulk of Baghdad, Mohammed Ghori, the Atabegs Maudud and Zengi of Mosul. The Assassins even targeted Saladin the Ayyubite, but were unsuccessful.The Persian Safavids fought several wars against neighboring Sunnis in Samarqand to the North and the Ottomans to the West. Ismail I (the first Safavid) adopted Twelver Shiite Islam and began to persecute the Sunnis in Iran. This reduced their community to a small minority in the Persian heartland. He destroyed numerous Sunni mosques and grave sites as well as mandating curses against the first three Rightly-Guided Caliphs. He also imprisoned and killed large populations of Sunnis for their beliefs and compelled conversion to Shiite Islam through violence. The Safavids also spread this form of Sunni oppression through conquest Azerbaijan and of southern Iraq and imposing conversion to Shiite Islam there as well.There are also current examples of repression of Sunnis by Shiites. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Shiite repression of Sunnis has become dominant again in Iran. Sunni Iranian Cleric Abu Muntasir Al-Baloushi has said that the government of Iran (because of its repressive practices towards Sunnis) is a greater threat to Islam than even Israel. In Iraq, Shiites and Sunni militants fight for the attempt to have greater control of the government after America removed Saddam and each group sought to advocate its views to the suppression of the other. As the Shiites are more numerous in Iraq, they seem to have the upper hand in determining policy. In Syria, the current civil war is between a secular Shiite-led government and the majority Sunni population of Syria which has historically been denied the same accessibility to jobs, healthcare, and living-standards.
What group is the enemy of the Shiite Muslims?
No group is an enemy to Shiites Muslims. Muslims are Muslims irrelevant to their groups or schools. The main two Islamic groups; Sunnis and Shiites; differ in minor side issues that never imply any enmity between both. Refer to question below.
What is the nature of the division between sunni and shi'a Muslim?
There is no real division between Sunni Muslims and Shi'a Muslims. The division is very exaggrated after the war in Iraq by the US supported by other countries.Both Sunnis and Shiites are Muslims.No one has the right to expel anyone out of Islam and to consider him/her unbeliever (or Kafir) so far:he/she witness that no god Except one God (Allah) with no partner and that Muhammad is his messenger and prophet, and thathe/she doesn't deny intentionally any of the Islam five pillars.As for Sunnis and Shiites, they, both, believe that No God except one and only one God, the Creator with no partner, no father, no son, no companion, and no resemblance and that prophet is His messenger and prophet. They both believe in God Angels, all God prophets, all God holy book, the Day of Judgment, and destiny. They believe in the five Pillars of Islam. They both face the direction of Kaaba when praying. They pray in any mosque regardless the praying leader is Sunni or Shiite. They may differ in some minor details of rituals but these details are not critical to neither the Shiites nor the Sunnis.The major difference is historical. The Shiites did not agree on the elected Caliphs (who followed Prophet Muhammad after his death). They believed that the Caliphs should only be within Prophet Muhammad descendants and family. Accordingly, they were supporting Ali Ibn about Taleb (Prophet cousin and the husband of his daughter Fatima) to be the first Caliph. However, they didn't protest against the elected Caliphs (Abou Bakr, Omar, and Ottman) and even Ali, himself, was good supporter and adviser to the three Caliphs until he was elected as the fourth Caliph.Sunnis constitute over 85 % of all world Muslims. Shiites are majority mainly in Iran and Iraq and some parts of Pakistan.
Why did Islam divide into 2 groups?
The main two branches you mean is Shiat of Ali and Sunni. Sunni followers are more in Muslims and Shiat of Ali's are most of them in Iran. It have started after the ruling time Emperor Muabiah. After the golden age Muslim Khelafah, greediness and characterless kings took the ruling power. Then they have started to killed other people then their tribes. Rulers from Sons of Umaiya have killed lot people from Bani Fatemi, later on Banu Fatemi have killed lot from bani Umaiya. In this way those people who claimed as followers of Ali resided in Iran and some in Iraq claimed that those problems arose because Ali(cousin of Muhammad (peace be upon him)) did not get power in proper time. So they claimed muslims in other world then Iran and some part of Iraq were following wrong Hadiths which was described by Sunni Imam. Sunni people also claimed the same. But in fundamenal they dont have any basic difference, some people think its just political problem.
Why do Muslims worship Ali?
Muslims do not worship Ali; they respect him. In Islam, Muslims worship only One God, the God of Abraham, Moses and Jesus. They do not worship any human even if it is Muhammad(P.B.U.H). He as well is a Son of Adam like us all. There is a common canard among Anti-Shiite Sunni Muslims that says that Shiites worship Ali. This is not actually the case, the Shiites hold Ali in reverence as the appointed follower of Mohammed to rule the Muslim community and his lifelong piety.
Is the Shiite population concentrated in Iran?
Of the world's approximately 200 million or so Shiites, around 70 million live in Iran, making it the largest single country for Shiites. However, Shiites are not concentrated in any particular part of Iran, but are a majority in nearly every major city and province in the country.
