Sunni? Shi'a? How to tell the difference..(In case george still wonders)

[SoCalDem]

Shi'a are like the snake-handling fundamentalists...(see also Ayatollah Khomeini..Taliban..etc
Sunni are like Methodists

[Warpy]

1. Saudi Arabia is Sunni

so you might want to rethink that one.

[SoCalDem]

3. They might be from the "angry" methodist wing

:)

but they do tend to be more secular :)

[TahitiNut]

12. Wahhabism (radical Sunnis) is hardly secular.

But the political extremists (whether under the cover of Islam, Judaism. or Christianity) are symptomatic of the corruption of faith traditions by sociopathic power junkies.

IMHO, of course.

[benddem]

4. agree

I know alot of Sunni's and Shia's who don't match your descriptions. Really kind of crude. The radicals in any religion are not indicative of any religion.

[HRC_in_08]

2. Now tell me about Methodists. eom.

[Poiuyt]

9. Bush and Cheney are Methodists

Of course, the Methodist Church tried to kick them out

[NNN0LHI]

5. Taliban are Sunni

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

6. well shit.. that blows my theory

:):hi:

I thought I had found a george-worthy explanation ..

back to the drawing board

[NNN0LHI]

7. The whole deal confuses the dickens out of me

That is why we have no business over there causing trouble. We need to stand back in our own country and study these people closely. I suspect we all might learn something.

Don

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Except there are liberal Methodists, then there are ones sorta like Southern Baptists.

[durrrty libby]

10. Oh for Christ':s sake.. All religions are nothing but trouble

[ConsAreLiars]

11. Sunni and Shia both have progressives and ignorant fundie hater-mongers, just like any religious

tradition. Catholics range from the fascist Opus Dei to liberation theology activists. And so on. Same within Islam.

[Idioteque]

13. I would say Shia are like Catholics and Sunni like protestants...

With Sunnis you have moderates (like the mainline protestants) and fundamentalist wahabi muslims (like the evangelicals).

The Shia fall between the two. And the Ayatollah is like the Pope on steroids.

[bananarepublican]

14. Who cares? George wants a fair and balanced death toll! n/t

[piesRsquare]

15. Um...this message is really rude

The man I am currently dating is Shiite Muslim. And he's anything but a "snake-handling fundamentalist".

Now, a REAL GWB explanation (that my fellow would no doubt laugh hilariously at) would be:

"Sunnis and Shi'a...it's like Kibbles and Bits, but different!"

[Bridget Burke]

16. Here's a very simple guide.

Read it carefully:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_Islam

Take as long as you need.

[Ediacara]

17. Locking

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