I know that they have different prayers and many different rules, but WHY are shi'as so different from sunnis? why have they changed SO many practices? is it just for the sake of being different from sunnis?
2006-10-14 09:25:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Shi'a are nothing but an astray deviated group .. all sects other than sunna constitutes only 8% of Muslims.
2006-10-14 09:29:54 · answer #1 · answered by Kimo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shias believe that the descendants of the son-in-law of Mohammad should rule over Islam. Sunnis believe that descendants of Mohammad's father in law should rule. For that reason they fight. Also, Shias are more pious --- almost Catholic-like in their specific form of Islam. They have saints, etc. that they believe in and believe that a Messianic figure by the name of the al Mahdi will come and deliver them.
2006-10-14 16:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The choice of the elected caliph(leader). They are of different worlds. Like the christian denominations.
2006-10-14 16:29:54 · answer #3 · answered by Mitchell B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sunnis' are orthodox, that is, they believe in the possibility of an afterlife; the shi'ites are pragmatic, that is, they do not believe in the possibility of an afterlife.
2006-10-14 16:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by robert j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.answering-christianity.com/links.htm
2006-10-14 16:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋