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2007-01-04 19:22:19 · 5 answers · asked by Diane 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It has to do with who each group feels were the true successors after Mohammed died. Sunnis believe that the four caliphs after Mohammed were the rightful first leaders. The Shiites belive that only the _children_ of the fourth caliph were the rightful successors, not the original four caliphs. Kind of hard to agree when you can't even agree on who was next after Mohammed.
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2007-01-04 19:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very hard question, i will try to explain it as much as i can.
Both shaii and sunni are muslims, but when the prophit Mohammed was there, there was only muslims, there was no shaii and sunni.
After the death the of prophit Mohammed, muslim devided into 2 parties shaii and sunni, because shaii believe that the friends of Mohammed denied Ali (son of his daughter) from being the head of muslims. While sunni says that they have nothing to do with it, and they have done as the prophit said.
Anyway, for me and from many religion men, the hatred is responcibility of shaii, because they started in hating sunni so sunni hated them.
Now, the shaii are linked directly to Iran, which have agenda in the arabian gulf, to change it into a persian gulf. And that's obvious in Iraq, syria, Lebanon, Bahrain, Afghanistan.
For example, the sunni is iraq are the only one fighting the american invasion, i mean by it the missions only against US soldiers. While the shaii are controlling everything and calling the americans to stay.
Now we reached a critical moment, cz a number of shaii and sunni accuse each others, that they are not muslims.
Well it's very complicated. I hope that i helped a little bit.
All the best.
2007-01-04 20:11:10 · answer #2 · answered by Antareport 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why did the catholics and Protestants hate each other in the 1800 and 1700s? because they each thought the other was wrong.no tolerance for the others beliefs.that is the way it is over there and unfortunately here as well.
2007-01-05 07:47:41 · answer #3 · answered by Paula M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talking about now, that's just how we were raised up.
2007-01-04 20:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by Lee Edward 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't agree.
2007-01-04 19:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋