why do the Shiites and Sunnis hate each other.how are they different?

Answer 1

im a shiite, and i think that sunnis are a bunch of j@ck@sses, they are too extreme. Also, they are very,very, dumb. Why do they carry out suicide bombings when it would be so much better to go inside a building, plant the bomb then leave? We need to send them some prozac, they are too depressed and suicidal.

Answer 2

At the beginning of Islam, a Caliph ("successor") was elected after Mohammed's death. Ali, Mohammed's son, was too young to claim the post for the first two go-arounds, but on the third he won the position. Now, the Arabs were much more used to passing leadership on by inheritance, as is the clan fashion -- for that matter, Western royalty does the same thing -- and he began grooming HIS son to succeed him. Some of the Arabs who thought that this wasn't the way to run a religion snuffed Ali and son (and their death at the Battle of Badr is still a Shiite day of mourning). The Shiites, however, continue to hold as an article of faith that Ali's descendants are the rightful leaders of Islam. The Sunnis reject this idea.

Both sides lost. The Ommayad Caliphs who followed set up a dynastic inheritance system, and every other line of "successors" followed the same scheme -- kill the incumbent and replace him with another dynasty. The flicker of democratic practice was stamped out before Islam was a century old, and didn't begin to revive until the early XX Century, when the Turks deposed the last Caliph and made it stick. But the Shiites think that a successor to Ali (the "Mahdi") still lives in secret and will one day emerge to be the Muslim Messiah.

Answer 3

The split was originally due to the Death of Muhammed. His successor was assasinated and instead of appointing his daughters husband as Caliphate, the council appointed a general (i believe, this is what a friend told me)
The Sunnis originalyl agreed with this, the Shiites didnt. The 2 split, like the Christian Schism, and over time adopted different teachings and methods

Answer 4

It comes down to who they believe is the rightful successor to
Mohammed as the leader of Islam - you could make the comparison to the wars and split between the Catholics and Protestants the 150 years after the Reformation and the bitter
feelings in some areas today (Northern Ireland) and the anti-catholic feelings in the U.S.

Answer 5

they are two different sects of Islam and have different beliefs. the Quran interpretation is different for both. there are more sunni's than shiite's in this world.

Answer 6

nothing is clear but u can say the world the hate started in the genration n contiue n ur world Sunnie and Shiea mera khayal hai
ur spell or wrong
so no one tell u clearly every one will favour ones creed n no one tell u truth because this is the rule every one say correct oneself i think so
try it may some on solve it

Answer 7

Shias and sunnis dont hate each other.

Answer 8

each is a differant tribe and their fighting over the land and what borders each belong to.

Answer 9

different tribes
different beliefs in Islam