Shiites and Sunnis
A Who is Who
SUNNIS
Saddham favored the Sunni’s
In Iraq both Sunnis and Shiites are located in Bagdad
In Iraq, Sunnis are mainly in the North and Shiites are in the South.
Saudi Arabia is made up mostly of Sunni’s
The Taliban are Sunnis
Osama Ben Laden is a Sunni
Pakistan is Sunni (80% of its 150 million people are Sunni with 17% being Shiites)
Most Palestinians are Sunni
All Arab countries other than Iran and Bahrain are Sunni.
The Zarqari Group (al-Qaeda) is a fundamentalist Sunni Group. They do not regard Shiites as real Muslims. In addition moderate Sunnis that are not fundamentalist in their opinion are people who have given up the Islamic faith and also deserve to die.
SHIITES
The Shiites were persecuted by the Sunnis under Saddham
Iran is predominately Shiite. Remember Ayatollah Komeni (he was a Shiite ayatollah)
Lebanon has a large Shiite community. The Hezbollah Party in Lebanon is Shiite.
Bahrain has a large Shiite community.
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