Who Are Shia Muslims ? Shia Terrorist ? (Shiite, Sunni)
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It may be an oversimplification to say that its all about terrorism in the name of religion the point I was making is that its not about the sects of Islam its about Muslims carrying out terror acts. I do understand it's very complex.
I still some how feel they are not involved with this Al Queda and Talibaan.... they cant be Named as Terrorists..
Taliban descends from a Radical element of the Deobandi school of Pakistan. The Deobandi are Sunni. Al-Qaeda is also Sunni.
This doesn't mean there is no Shiite terrorism. You seem to be saying "Hezbollah doesn't count" but I think most experts on the subject would say they at least have a terrorist element.
Anyway Shiites tend to be more *Rationalistic but also more authority driven. The Ayatollahs of Shiite have an authority Muftis in Sunni usually do not have. So Shiite terrorism to some degree depends on who the leaders are in a given moment whereas Sunni's relative lack of authority means independent groups can form with extreme views. Although by the same token Sunni groups can form with highly modernistic views.
*"Rationalist" is a loaded-word here as most people here are rationalists and those that aren't are maybe anti-rationalist. However I do not mean the term is inherently positive or negative.
Very true ... most of the Terrorist Orginisation are Sunnis i haev never come accross any Shia Terrorism Team or orginisation... i dont know much about this .. but yes Sunnis are much more voilent than these Shiass ...
Very true ... most of the Terrorist Orginisation are Sunnis i haev never come accross any Shia Terrorism Team or orginisation... i dont know much about this .. but yes Sunnis are much more voilent than these Shiass ...
First of all there are a lot of Shia and Sunni organizations/militias who from time to time have resorted to terrorism as a tactic. Both Hezbollah and Iraq's the Islamic Dawa Party (Yes the same group that our friend and patron Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki) are Shia parties/militias that have used "terrorist" attack against the U.S. Also, the party/militia of headed by Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim (another one of your "friends" in Iraq) for years employed terrorist plots against the Hussein regime in Iraq, ISCI is also shia led.
Very true ... most of the Terrorist Orginisation are Sunnis i haev never come accross any Shia Terrorism Team or orginisation... i dont know much about this .. but yes Sunnis are much more voilent than these Shiass ...
Really now? Killing a person by using an electric drill to the head is not violent?
Sectarianism in Islam is not quite as clear cut as it is in other religions. We all follow the same pillars and believe the same Fundemental beliefs and are to see each other as Brothers and sisters of one Ummah.
However, sometimes the difference are more political than Religious. Most shi'i are Iranian. There has been a long History of violence between Iran(Persia) and the Arab world. this dates back to pre-Islamic days. there is also an issue of racism, which I am ashamed to say. The Shii are predominantly Iranian, an Aryan race not far removed from the Germans. The Arabs are predominantly Sunni and are a Semitic race. There is a large level of prejudice between Aryans and Semitics. The friction you see between Shii and Sunni in the Mideast is most often an Iranian/Arab conflict not a religious issue.
As for Terrorism percentage wise they seem to be the same between both Shi'a and Sunni. However the Shi'i compose less than 10% of the world's Muslims so their actual numbers are much lower,
The closest that the Shi'a have to an organized terrorist group would be the Twelver division, which is essentially all of Iran. They follow the Ayatoullah without question and see His fatwas as being commandments. The level of terrorism they will actually engage in will depend on the Ayatoullah.
I think most of you don't have any clue about Shiite,So hear it from a true Shiite person..
Shiite are called "Rejectors" by the most of the Fanatic Sunni,you may ask why?!
Reason behind it is that the Shiite refused to follow Abu Baker Al Sadeeq because he wasn't the rightful heir after the Prophet Muhammed (SAW),Iman Ali (AS) who was the Cousin of Muhammed (SAW) was the rightful heir assigned by the Prophet,the reason Abu Baker took control so fast is that they were busy under the porch deciding who should be after the Prophet while the Prophet himself was dying in his bed and Ali (AS) was with him before he dies..We are (The Shiite) are the followers of the House of Muhammed (SAW),and Sunni denies this fact,even though proofs are everywhere from their own trusted books,like "Saheh Muslim" and "Bukhari" and many others..
I know this isn't a part of the question,nor answer the OP question,I just wanted you to know some true facts about Shiite because you should never compare Sunni to Shiite again.
We're (Shiite) are not terrorists,I do not deny the death squads existence right after "Saddam" and his government felt,This Death Squad was formed to protect the Shiite from the Sunni Terrorists mainly "Al-Qaeda" when there was no cops,no police,no official department to protect us the civilians from terrorism that THEY started.
Shiite do no Slaughter,bomb,bomb suicidal, killing any innocent life without true purpose and justice is unforgivable and lead to hell in our beliefs,we only did what was necessary to stay alive after the US mess in Iraq.
We didn't attack US embassies or was a part in the 9/11 or any other known worldwide terrorist act that led to killing innocent lives,ask the US soldiers when they came first to Iraq when they did security inspection of each house in Iraq looking for unauthorized guns,they do not inspect any Shiite house they come through,even the strangers knew who was their enemy.
Wake up people and think with your big mind,you cannot just call us the same because we're simply "Arabs" or "Muslims"!!
We're different and we're not a threat to humanity,this is what I wanted to say and hopefully you got my point.
Thank you for reading,
Peace on you
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