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Are there more Sunni Muslims or Shiite Muslims?
There are more Sunni Muslims than Shiite Muslims. Shiite Muslims represent about 15% of the global Islamic community whereas Sunni Muslims represent 85%. The numbers of the other sects are negligible.
Is Persia more Sunni or more Shiite?
more shiya.about 95percent
Does the shiite or the sunni consider themselves more orthodox?
yes. both
What religion are the sunni and shiite from?
the Sunni and Shiite are two main sects in Islam religion first as majority and latter as minority.
Why do sunni's dislike shiite's?
Theological differences. The Shiites believe Muhammed's son-in-law and cousin Ali was the successor to the Caliphate, whereas the Sunni denomination tends to be considerably more orthodox.
Why do Shiite Muslim women have to cover their faces with only the eye region exposed?
All Muslim women are supposed to do so. It is not particular for Shiite. It is worth noting that the wearing of the niqab (which covers the front of the face) is actually more common among Sunni women than Shiite women, if only because of the laws and culture of Iran as compared to Sunni-majority Arabian countries.
Was the Ottoman Empire sunni or shiite?
The Ottoman Empire was officially a SUNNI Caliphate. Shiite Islam was vilified and often repressed, being strongly associated with the Ottomans' rival to the east, the Safavid Empire.
Was Iran first a sunni country?
YES. Prior to the Safavids in the 1500s, the majority of Iran was Sunni, even though the Shiite minority there was more plentiful than in many other parts of the Islamic World.
Who dominates more in Israel Sunni or Shiite?
Israel is a predominantly Jewish country (>75%). However, of the Muslims who live in Israel, they are almost exclusively Sunnis.
Are both Sunni and Shiite Islam considered Orthodox Islam?
Answer 1each of them namely ,shiite and sunni , consider himself as right position. it means that shiite and sunnism know themselves as orthodox. but if we take orthodoxy as opinion which is the best and right insight among others.Answer 2Yes. Both the Sunni and Shiite positions taken by the Ulemaa or Scholars are considered to be Orthodox Islam. Non-Orthodox Islam includes more minor sects, such as Ibadiyya and Ahmadiyya, possible post-Islamic sects such as Alevis, Alawites, and Yarsanis, and, finally, Liberal Islamic interpretations (such as those of Tawfik Hamid and Irshad Manji).
How were Sufis different from other Muslims?
Sufism is mysticism whereas Sunni and Shiite are orthopractical orthodoxies. It is hard to exactly explain what this means, but probably the best way to imagine it would be that Sufism is like poetry whereas Sunni or Shiite are like instruction manuals. Sufism doesn't have exact rules, is more about emotion than procedure, makes every syllable and motion count, etc. Sunni and Shiite are about form, regimentation, rules, study, and devotion. They are both roads to God through Islam.
How does the Sunni Shiite split factor into Islamic protests about things like the Jyllands-Posten cartoons or the Innocence of Muslims film?
Answer 1Generally, it is the Sunnis who get so exercised about depictions of the Prophet Mohammed; Shiites tend to be a little more tolerant, going so far as to paint him themselves into small works of art.However, rioting about "insults" is not really a Sunni-Shiite distinction. While the rioters may be largely Sunni (there simply ARE more Sunnis), Shiites of a particularly violent persuasion can join in. Like lynch mobs and soccer hoodlums and Red Guards and Hutus amuck, Muslims who join "Mohammed riots" are really just people who like to cause trouble.Answer 2The Sunni-Shiite Divide is irrelevant as concerns this particular issue.
