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Originally Posted by b50m:
What caught my attention was saying that the two main sects of Islam is Shiite and Sunni.

It's Shi'a and Sunni. Just didn't sound right.

 

Hmm. I never heard about "Shi'a" on the news but we hear about the Shiites all the time.  I'm guessing Shi'a and ****te are one in the same?  . . . . Hold a sec, let me consult the oracle: . . . .

 

... It appears there are 150 sects of Islam but the two main ones are Shiite or Sunni so Mo is correct. It's a little difficult to tell if "shiite" and "Shi'as" are interchangeable but my googleing suggests that Shiite is proper. And so is "Shi'a."  Perhaps a "shiite" is a follower of "Shi'a" just as I see mentioned of "Sunni's" being followers of "Sunnite."  

 

They appear to like each other about as much as Baptists like Catholics.

 

Sources: http://hnn.us/articles/934.html and http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/cults/shia.htm 


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