what is difference between shia muslim and sunni muslim?
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They also both share the holy book of the Quran. The primary difference in practice comes in that Sunni Muslims mainly rely on the Sunnah, a record of the teachings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad to guide their actions while the Shiites more heavily on their ayatollahs, whom they see as a sign of God on earth.
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Differing from Sunni classical Islamic theories are those of Shia Muslims, who hold that the Twelve Imams interpret the sunnah, and Sufi who hold that Muhammad transmitted the values of Sunnah "through a series of Sufi teachers."
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Sunnis also have a less elaborate religious hierarchy than Shiites have, and the two sects' interpretation of Islam's schools of law is different. Shiites give human beings the exalted status that is given only to prophets in the Quran, often venerating clerics as saints, whereas Sunnis do not.
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The major difference between Sunni and Wahabi is the beliefs and rituals. ... The major difference between them is that Wahabis believe that Prophet Muhammad should be praised only as a human being whereas Sunnis show extra special care and respect towards the Prophet of Islam.
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Bohra are Shias and Sunnis are Sunnis! Bohras believe that Ali the son-in-law and cousin of the prophet of Islam is the immediate successor of the prophet while Sunnis believe that Abubakr the father-in-law of the prophet is the first Caliph. ... Most Bohras follow Mr. Mufaddal who is the present Da'ee-e-Mutlaq.
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The Muslim population is approximately 65% Shi'a and 35% Sunni; differences traditionally have not been defined sharply. Azerbaijan has the second highest Shia population percentage in the world after Iran. Most Shias are adherents of orthodox Ithna Ashari school of Shi'a Islam.
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Shia. While almost all of Egypt's Muslims are Sunni, there are a small number of Shia. (Estimates of their number range from 800,000 to "at most" three million.)
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The majority of Sunni Muslims do not consider the son of Hasan al-Askari to be the Mahdi nor to be in occultation. However, they do believe that the Mahdi will come from Muhammad's family. Sunnis believe that the Mahdi has not yet been born, and therefore his true identity is known only to Allah.
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1. Shia nikah ceremony is longer than a Sunni nikah ceremony. 2. Sunni nikah requires the presence of two witnesses at the time of the nikah whereas Shia Muslims do not believe in having such requirement.
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The main differences between the Sunni and Kurds is that the Sunnis are people who follow Sunni Islam which is a branch of Islam. Whereas Kurds are an ethnic group of people who may or may not follow Sunni Islam. Sunnis are distributed all over the world.
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Sunni Islam, the larger of the two great branches of the faith, is the form practiced by the overwhelming majority of Muslims in Algeria, while there is a small Ibadi minority. There is no significant Shia presence. One of the dominant characteristics of Islam in North Africa was the cult of holy men, or maraboutism.
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Pashtun are generally Hanafi Sunni Muslims, but some are Shia. The two major Shia communities in Afghanistan are the Ithna Ashariya or Twelvers, also called Imami, and the Ismaili, sometimes called the Seveners.
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A major difference between the two dynasties lies in their attitude towards Muslims and non Muslims. ... Umayyad Muslims are referred to as Sunni Muslims while Abbasid Muslims are called the Shiites. • Abbasid had been content with inherited empire while Umayyad's were aggressive and espoused expansion militarily.
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Nearly all Iraqi Kurds consider themselves Sunni Muslims. In our survey, 98% of Kurds in Iraq identified themselves as Sunnis and only 2% identified as Shias. (A small minority of Iraqi Kurds, including Yazidis, are not Muslims.) But being a Kurd does not necessarily mean alignment with a particular religious sect.
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The Alawis, or Alawites (Arabic: علوية‎ Alawīyah), are a sect of Shia Islam but effectively Sunni, primarily centered in Arab world and Turkey. The Alawites revere Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib), considered the first Imam of the Twelver school.
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There are two main branches of Islam - Sunni and Shi'a . Sunni is the largest branch of Islam. Shi'a is the second largest branch. Sunni and Shi'a Muslims agree on the basic principles of Islam, such as believing in one God and the importance of the prophets.
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In Shia Islam, the Ahl al-Bayt are central to Islam and interpreters of the Quran and Sunnah. ... In Sunni Islam, Muhammad's Ahl al-Bayt also refers to Muhammad himself; his daughters Zainab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum and Fatimah; his cousin and son-in-law Ali and their two sons, Husayn and Hasan.