Discuss the differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

What will be an ideal response?


The Sunni, who account for about 90% of the world’s Muslims, believe that Muslim leadership in the early years passed to a series of caliphs, whereas the Shiite Muslims believe that leadership should stay within the family of the prophet, starting with his martyred cousin and son-in-law Ali and his descendants. Shiites tend to be more ecstatic in religious practice and have messianic expectations of a future imam who will bring justice to the world. Shiites form the majority in Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, and eastern Saudi Arabia.

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