To which faction does Alqaeda belong shia or sunni?

Answer 1

They're Sunni fundamentalists.

Answer 2

Sunni, also just to correct you Sunni and Shia are denominations of Islam not factions. Factions are small groups of people whereas denomination are larger groups of people within a certain faith.

Answer 3

Addendum to "Alias Smith & Jones", that's not correct. Oman is Arab but not Sunni or Shia. Oman is defiantly Arab but it's Ibadi Islam. They're dominant in Oman, present in Algeria and Libya, and practically nonexistent everywhere else.

And Al Qaeda is primarily Sunni, but that's not a membership requirement, just like being Christian is not a requirement for being in a white supremacist group, even though most of them are. (at least nominally)

Answer 4

Al Qaeda is Sunni but it is not the only Jihadist organization.

Saudi Arabia funds the Salafists (Wahhabists) who are a Sunni branch.

Hizbollah is Shi'ite.

Hamas is Sunni

Fatah is Sunni.

Jundullah is Sunni.

80% of world's Muslims are Sunni.
15% of world's Muslims are Shiite
5% are other.

Sunni dominant in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia.
Shiite dominant in Iraq, Iran.

Iran is not Arab but mostly a Persian country.

Answer 5

Sunni

Answer 6

Sunni, specifically a radical strain called Qutbist.

No, this does not prove they were Saddam's allies. All Arab states are sunni-dominated, except for one, Iraq, which under Saddam was the enemy of several sunni states.

(And before anyone says it, Iran, a shia state, is NOT Arab).

[added] Jason, I stand corrected - *almost* all Arab states.

Answer 7

Mostly Sunni, but they're supported by all branches of Islam in one place or another.