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"Eris" |
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05 Jun 2007 08:35:33 PM |
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What is the religion of al-Qaeda's |
Sunni, Shiite, or both?
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: What is the religion of al-Qaeda's |
06 Jun 2007 02:12:47 AM |
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In article <1181093733.958420.61630@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Eris <vithant@gmail.com> wrote:
Sunni, Shiite, or both?
Sunni.
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John #1782
"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be
white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- Saint Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) Founder of the Jesuit Order.
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| User: "Richo" |
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| Title: Re: What is the religion of al-Qaeda's |
05 Jun 2007 09:03:14 PM |
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On Jun 6, 11:35 am, Eris <vith...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sunni, Shiite, or both?
Sunni - the predominant sect of Saudi Arabia.
The only major nations with a majority of Shia are Iran and Iraq.
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_shiite.html
(percent of population - not percent of Muslims)
Country Number of Shiites Percent Shiite
Iran 61,000,000 93%
Oman 948,750 75
Bahrain 400,000 65
Azerbaijan 4,700,000 61
Iraq 11,000,000 55
Lebanon 1,370,000 40
Yemen 3,170,000 36
Kuwait 550,000 30
Pakistan 26,700,000 25
Syria 1,300,000 17
United Arab Emirates 400,000 16
Turkey 6,000,000 15
Afghanistan 3,560,000 15
Saudi Arabia 620,000 15
Tajikistan 300,000 5
Cheers, Mark.
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| User: "Eris" |
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| Title: Re: What is the religion of al-Qaeda's |
05 Jun 2007 09:15:03 PM |
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On Jun 5, 10:03 pm, Richo <m.richard...@utas.edu.au> wrote:
On Jun 6, 11:35 am, Eris <vith...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sunni, Shiite, or both?
Sunni - the predominant sect of Saudi Arabia.
The only major nations with a majority of Shia are Iran and Iraq.
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_shiite.html
(percent of population - not percent of Muslims)
Country Number of Shiites Percent Shiite
Iran 61,000,000 93%
Oman 948,750 75
Bahrain 400,000 65
Azerbaijan 4,700,000 61
Iraq 11,000,000 55
Lebanon 1,370,000 40
Yemen 3,170,000 36
Kuwait 550,000 30
Pakistan 26,700,000 25
Syria 1,300,000 17
United Arab Emirates 400,000 16
Turkey 6,000,000 15
Afghanistan 3,560,000 15
Saudi Arabia 620,000 15
Tajikistan 300,000 5
Cheers, Mark.
Thank you, the reason I asked was the Sunni's in Iraq were fighting Al
Qaeda and I assumed Sunni's were a minority, thanks for the heads up.
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| User: "Pastor Kutchie, ordained atheist minister" |
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| Title: Re: What is the religion of al-Qaeda's |
06 Jun 2007 06:12:56 AM |
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On Jun 6, 2:35 am, Eris <vith...@gmail.com> wrote:
Sunni, Shiite, or both?
They're wahaabis, who are the Sunni version of Apologetics.
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: What is the religion of al-Qaeda's |
05 Jun 2007 09:25:20 PM |
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On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:35:33 -0700, Eris <vithant@gmail.com> wrote:
Sunni, Shiite, or both?
Sunni, of the Wahaabi sect, and bitter enemies of Shi'ites.
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"O Sybilli, si ergo
Fortibus es in ero
O Nobili! Themis trux
Sivat sinem? Causen Dux"
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