Muslims People?

Question

what is the difference between Shiaism, Sunnism, Sofiism, and Wahabis. What was Sadam Hussien, what was Osama bin Laden, and whats the deal with the Civil war in Iraq, who is fighting against who and why?

Answer 1

there is no difference.

they are all muslim and hence generally have to find a cause to fight for. They seem to have problems handling freedom hence the situation in Iraq today.

Sadamn ruled with a sword and people feared him, once he was gone instead of rebuilding their country they decided to start killing each other. Same with Afganistan, they say they are fighting for Islam and even if this is true, it is the only religion where fighting for your religion means killing people of your religion.

People will of course bring up the old catholic and protestant thing and say it is exactly the same... it's boring. They neglect to mention figures or dates though.

More people died in 2 hours on 9/11 than in nearly 40 years of violence between catholics and protestants.

Answer 2

That is amazing Dee. What forty year period is he mentioning.


Because in the 4 years of WW2 the protestants and Catholics were fighting all across Europe. And tens of millions of people died.

Becareful of the statements we mention as truth. The Protestants in Germany and the Catholics in Italy killed thousands of times more Christians during WW2 than Al-queada and radical islam ever will.

Answer 3

Muslim is Muslim as Prophet taught. No other thing is accepted other then a simple Muslim, in Islam.
Muslim means A person who Submits completely to will of Al Mighty God, without any condition, is called Muslim. That means worship one God and Have faith on all Prophets of God, Have faith on Angles, Have faith on Day of Judgment, Have faith on Holy Book, or Books ( Original Taurah, and original Injeel, and ofcource Qura'n).

Islam is since Prophet Adam. No one founded Islam, Islam is not monopoly of any single person or nation or group or groups.

Who ever fulfills above mentioned Criteria is Muslim.

In Islam no "Ism" is allowed.

The enemies of Islam give importance to differences among Muslim nation, and pro mots these differences and unfortunately some of Muslims becomes puppets of those outsider players, and unconsciously or consciously becomes tools of those outsiders and causing harm to Muslim Ummah, Followers of Prophet Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad(pbu on all of them)

Answer 4

I'm pretty sure it's kind of like the difference between catholic and protestant in Christianity. Sunni's and Shiites are fighting i think

Answer 5

the second answer is quite explanatory.
so would just tell you the basics, basically there was no grouoing at Muhammad(pbuh) times and this all started after his death , he has informed us about 70 groups in islam and thats what we can see these days...... Shiite and Sunnis are basicaly the bigger groups and muslims divided into in the after few years of Muhammad(pbuh) death, they got conflicts over Caliphs . we have 4 caliphs AbuBaker, Omer farooq, Usman and Ali, but shiite peoples believe that as Ali being the cousin of Muhammad(pbuh), his son in law (husband of Fatima , the daughter of Muhammad) deserved to be the first caliph so after all that muslim dived into these two major groups!

Now Whahbis as explained by the second answer. also muslims but they claim to folow the strict Sunna(life of Muhammad), you can say they are strict muslims in their believes..Also called Salafe who are actualy influenced by Saudi governament and they do whatever Saudi king tell them to do. this is kind of other group, which is basically related to a governament ! and Sufism is mystic beleive..there were very pious peoples who served islam but being out of ignorance some peoples have satred asking from them instead of true Allah and that has damaged the true sprite of islam, the pious scholars never told them to ask from them but they themselves intruduced this myth to it and now they are following it, thats not islam actualy but kind of "shirk" which means sharing gods with One true God Allah !

Saddam was Sunni, don't know about bin Ladden but i call him a terrorist and this is something which saddam also did by killing shiite community which is in majority in Iraq and thus now this civil war has started between the two after US attack/as Shiite are supporting Bush for this. coz they are angry with Saddam......So basically Shiite and Sunnis are fighting there for power , they are small group of peoples who are fighting there and that is a political game not religious........in other parts of countires there is no such wars and they live in peace and love with each other becasue basically they are muslims and share the same belives but few political powers have making them fights for their political gain and its misery that those ignorants are playing as puppets for them !! so basica cause is 'power'

peace !

Answer 6

ShÄ«‘a, also Shi'ah and Shi‘ite (Arabic شيعة Å¡Ä«Ê¿a), is the second largest denomination of the Islamic faith after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.) and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt) or Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.)'s descendents known as Shi'a Imams. Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.)'s bloodline continues only through his daughter Fatima Zahra R.A. and her husband Ali ibn Abu Talib, who alongside the Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.)'s grandsons are among the Ahl al-Bayt ("people of the house [of Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.)]"). Thus, Shi'as consider Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.)'s descendents as the true source of guidance while considering the first three ruling Sunni caliphs a historic occurrence and not something attached to faith. The singular/adjective form is Å¡Ä«Ê¿Ä« (شيعي.) and refers to a follower of the faction of Imam Ali R.A. according to the Shia ideology.

Shia Islam, like Sunni Islam, has at times been divided into many branches; however, only three of these currently have a significant number of followers. The best known and the one with most adherents is the Twelvers (اثنا عشرية iṯnāʿašariyya) which have a large percentage (90%) in Iran and Iraq; the others are Ismaili and Zaidiyyah. Alawites and Druzes consider themselves Shias, although this is sometimes disputed by mainstream Shias.[1] The Sufi orders among the Shias are the Alevi, Bektashi, Kubrawiya, Noorbakhshi, Oveyssi, Qizilbashi, Hamadani and Fatimid orders and denominations. Twenty percent of Turkey's population is Alevi while Lebanon and Syria have a large presence of Druze and Alawites.

According to most sources, including the US Library of Congress, present estimates indicate that approximately 85% of the world's Muslims are Sunni and approximately 15% are Shi'a. Today there are estimated to be between 130 and 190 million Shi'a Muslims[2] (including Twelvers, Ismailis, Zaydis) throughout the world, about three quarters of whom reside in Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and India.



Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. They are also referred to as Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaa'h (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة) (people of the example (of Muhammad) and the community) which implies that they are the majority, or Ahl ul-Sunna (Arabic: أهل السنة; "The people of the example (of Muhammad)") for short. The word Sunni comes from the word sunna (Arabic : سنة ), which means the words and actions [1] or example of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. They represent the branch of Islam that accepted the caliphate of Abu Bakr due to him being chosen by peoples consensus, thus elections, or Shurah on the caliphate being the first distinguishing factor in Sunni Islam. Most Sunni lawyers define themselves as those Muslims who are rooted in one of the four orthodox schools of Sunni law (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii or Hanbali).


Sufism is a mystic tradition that found a home in Islam encompassing a diverse range of beliefs and practices dedicated to God, divine love and sometimes to help a fellow man. Tariqas (Sufi orders) may be associated with Shi'a Islam, Sunni Islam, other currents of Islam, or a combination of multiple traditions. It has been suggested that Sufi thought emerged from the Middle East and North Africa in the eighth century, but adherents are now found around the world.[1] A few new Sufi groups have also claimed that Sufism pre-dates Islam and they operate with only very tenuous links to Islam.


Wahhabism (Arabic: الوهابية, Wahabism, Wahabbism, Whahhabism) is a term used to describe a branch of Islam based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792).

The term "Wahhabi" (Wahhābīya) is rarely used by members of this group. The term they use to describe themselves is "muwahhidun", translating as "unitarians." Another common term used is "Salafi," translating as "followers of the pious forefathers," though this term has a wider applicability, and is used by many modern Muslim groups who do not specifically follow the teachings of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. The term Wahhabi was originally bestowed by their opponents.

The Wahhabis claim to hold to the way of the Salaf as-Salih, the "pious predecessors" as earlier preached by Ibn Taymiyya and his student Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, and later by Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab and his followers