2006-07-16 19:14:40 · 4 answers · asked by hellbent 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The largest religious group in Syria is the Sunni Muslims, of whom about 80 percent are native Syrian Arabs, with the remainder being Kurds, Turkomans, Circassians, and Palestinians. Sunni Islam sets the religious tone for Syria and provides the country's basic values.
2006-07-16 19:19:19 · answer #1 · answered by Dale P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunni
In Islam all over the world They agree about the oneness of God They follow the same book - Quran(same words and letters all over the world). They follow the same prophet Muhammad . offer their prayers five time a day. fast in the month of Ramadan.Give charity (Zakat) which is the poor-due on the wealth of the rich go for hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca ...but they may have differnt opinions not on the basics
Those who follow some sayings and views of Ali (one of the early muslims leaders), as the rightful successor to Prophet Muhammad , are called Shia. Shia means a partisan (party of Ali) and it started more as a political party to help Ali in his conflict with his political adversaries.
About 90% of Muslims are Sunni, the word Sunni is based on the word Sunnah which is an Arabic word means the Prophet's Doctrine. Sunnis believe in (GOD) as the One Creator and Mohammad is His last and final Messenger.
but you have to know that the sects in islam not like the sects in other religions in other religions1- they can change in their books for example the Catholic Bible contain 73 books while the Protestant Bible has only 66 in Islam no one can change any thing There is not even one word of difference between two Arabic Qur'ans, anywhere in the world. There has been no disagreements in history among Muslims as to what should and should not be in the Qur'an
The Sunnah or Hadith consists of the teachings, sayings, and actions of Prophet Muhammad. This information was meticulously reported and collected by his Companions. It is essentially an elaboration of the Qur'anic verses that shows how they are to be implemented in one's daily life ALLthe true muslims agree about that
2006-07-17 05:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by BeHappy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw a t-shirt that said "if you're sunni, you ain't shi'ite"
hahahahaha
2006-07-17 02:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by Whats it to ya? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If my memory serves me right ... predominantly shi'ite.
2006-07-17 02:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by harith369 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋