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Which one is Sunni and Which one is Shia?

  • 18-06-2014 11:27PM
    #1
    urabell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭


    Divergences please, I want to appear more knowlegable


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,330 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I couldn't give a shi'ite.


  • #3
    frag420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,161 ✭✭✭frag420


    The Shia guy is the one shooting at the Sunni guy....

    The Sunni guy is the one shooting back...


  • #4
    Phoebas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,373 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    urabell wrote: »
    Divergences please, I want to appear more knowlegable

    Shia are catholic muslims, Sunni are protestant.


  • #5
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Are we talking about kebabs ..


  • #6
    stmol32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭stmol32


    http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/11/02/article-0-0BE1A26F000005DC-230_468x584.jpg

    The one on the left is sunni and the one on the right is shia.


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  • #7
    WellThen?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭WellThen?


    Shia believe after Muhammed died he passed his teachings/reign to the ayatollahs. Like the Pope in some ways. Another leader to follow. Sunni practice more from the direct teachings of Muhammed himself.


  • #8
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    This article explains it.

    It's an ecumenical matter.


  • #9
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Which came first the sunni or shia?


  • #10
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    It was very sunni today for sure


  • #11
    urabell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭urabell


    Appreciate the genuine answers, I'll give the article a read. Never found puns funny but appreciate the attempts to appease me.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    sunni are the more aggressive and extremist of the two.

    most islamis terrorist groups are sunni, funded by the Saudis.

    shia are found in Iraq/iran, Syria, Lebanon (Hezbollah)


  • #13
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    It's currently Sunny for the Sunnis and a bit shiate for the Shias. Basically. ISIS is Sunni. Also, where did they get the last I from?? Levant =/= I


  • #14
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Deleted User wrote: »
    sunni are the more aggressive and extremist of the two.

    most islamis terrorist groups are sunni, funded by the Saudis.

    shia are found in Iraq/iran, Syria, Lebanon (Hezbollah)

    Sunnis that follow an extreme version of the teachings of the Wa'habi sect, just to complicate matters.


  • #15
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,322 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    urabell wrote: »
    Divergences please, I want to appear more knowlegable

    Best. Post. Ever.


  • #16
    The Dagda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭The Dagda


    They're all a great bunch of lads...


  • #17
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Are there not Numerous Muslim sects Almost as numerous as Christian ?


  • #18
    Drakares
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 904 ✭✭✭Drakares


    WellThen? wrote: »
    Shia believe after Muhammed died he passed his teachings/reign to the ayatollahs. Like the Pope in some ways. Another leader to follow. Sunni practice more from the direct teachings of Muhammed himself.

    Imagine if tens and tens of thousands of people died over this difference. Wouldn't th... Oh wait...


  • #19
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    realies wrote: »
    Are there not Numerous Muslim sects Almost as numerous as Christian ?


    There's a rake of them allright. Don't know if there's as many as Christian sects or not.


  • #20
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    I think the big question to ask is - "will this spread?". If they get as far as Lucan, I'm growing a beard, just saying like.


  • #21
    Alf. A. Male
    Closed Accounts Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Alf. A. Male


    Shia is the woman. She's had a great career as a solo artist beyond the partnership. Sunni died from hitting a tree while skiing.


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  • #22
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Alf. A. Male wrote: »
    Shia is the woman. She's had a great career as a solo artist beyond the partnership. Sunni died from hitting a tree while skiing.

    Thanks for chering that.


  • #23
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Tail Docker wrote: »
    I think the big question to ask is - "will this spread?". If they get as far as Lucan, I'm growing a beard, just saying like.


    As long as they don't try to ban yer bacon or pour out yer stout, worry not.


  • #24
    woodoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,219 ✭✭✭woodoo


    RayM wrote: »
    This article explains it.

    It's an ecumenical matter.

    From the article: However another smaller group, which also included some of the senior Companions, believed that the Prophet's son-in-law and cousin, Ali, should be Caliph.

    So aul Mo allowed his cousin marry his daughter?


  • #25
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Nodin wrote: »
    As long as they don't try to ban yer bacon or pour out yer stout, worry not.

    We were slagging one of the girls at work that if they get this far, she'd be in a burka and her merc would be a no-no. She got quite huffy..


  • #26
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    Tail Docker wrote: »
    We were slagging one of the girls at work that if they get this far, she'd be in a burka and her merc would be a no-no. She got quite huffy..

    Yeah, when you point the advantages to it...like us never havin to get the tay, for instance - they get all angry. "Freed from the burden of choice" is how I put it.


  • #27
    urabell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭urabell


    Is there a clear good guy/ bad guy dichotomy? I like to take a side


  • #28
    Sulla Felix
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    realies wrote: »
    Are there not Numerous Muslim sects Almost as numerous as Christian ?

    I like the whirling dervish one.


  • #29
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    Nodin wrote: »
    Yeah, when you point the advantages to it...like us never havin to get the tay, for instance - they get all angry. "Freed from the burden of choice" is how I put it.

    One of the lads reckoned he was going to clean up selling stones...but then he's from Mayo.


  • #30
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,813 ✭✭✭degsie


    Anyway, more importantly.... Spain are out of the World Cup!


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  • #31
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    urabell wrote: »
    Is there a clear good guy/ bad guy dichotomy? I like to take a side

    Both have extremists. Both are mostly composed ordinary feckers getting on with their existence. So no, not really, though the Sunni extremists are the Bin Laden/'shopping centre near you' type.


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