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What is the percent difference between the Sunni Islam and Shi'ite Islam?
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What led to the creation of the Shiite and Sunni sections of Islam?
Difference in opinions as to who the successor of Muhammad was.
Is the official religion of Iran Sunni Islam or Shia Islam?
Official religion of Iran is Shiite Islam, specifically Twelver Shiite Islam with the Jaafari School of Fiqh (jurisprudence).
What religion are Sunni and Shiite are two factions of?
Islam
How did Shiite Islam spread?
the battle of Karbala had a great effect on spread of shiite Islam and caused Muslims specially in understand there is two main version of Islam, Islam of Yazid and Islam of Hussain S.A.
What is the difference between religion and Islam?
There is no difference. Islam is a religion.
The two factions of Sunni and Shiite are from which religion - Christianity Judaism Islam or Hinduism?
the Sunni and Shiite Are two sects of Islam religion.
How did Ismail I's rule affect Islam?
Ismail I led the change in Iran from a majority Sunni to a majority Shiite region. 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. He also fought several wars against neighboring Sunnis in Samarqand to the North and the Ottomans to the West. Among versions of Shiite Islam, Ismail I's choice of Twelver Shiite Islam over Zaydi (Fiver) or Ismaili (Sevener) Shiite Islam led to the supremacy of Twelver Shiite Islam as the dominant version and understanding of Shiite Islam. Additionally, as the largest Shiite majority country, Persia became the center of Shiite Islam, replacing Egypt which had been the former center of Shiite Islam.
Sunni and shiite are two branches of?
Islam.
Was the Safavid Empire Christian?
No. The official religion of the Safavid Empire was Shiite Islam. They were also quite zealous rulers, forcibly converting many to Shiite Islam.
What are the distinguishing features of each of the major Islamic sects?
Sunni:Follows the Sunnah and Teachings of Islam Shia: Does New Ideas that Sunni Muslims believe are not in Islam Sufi: they also bring new ideas in Islam that are Not Allowed in Sunni Islam
How do you write a paragraph describing the differences between a shiite and sunni muslim?
Typically, you use words and occasionally, you add punctuation. If you are looking for a discussion on the differences between Sunni and Shiite Islam, please see the Related Question below.
Are there different forms of Islam?
yes, there are Sunni & Shiite.
