What is the main difference between Sunni and Shiite?

The main difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims is their belief surrounding who should have succeeded the Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD. Historically, Sunni Muslims believed that Abu Bakr was the rightful successor, while Shiite, or Shia, Muslims thought it should have been Ali ibn Abi Talib.

How did Islam split into two groups?

A disagreement over succession after Mohammed’s death in 632 split Muslims into Islam’s two main sects, Sunni and Shia.

Which Arab countries are Sunni and which are Shiite?

Iran is 90 percent shia

bahrain is 65 to 70 percent shia

iraq is 70 percent shia

turkey 20 percent shia

azerbaijan 85 percent shia

pakistan is 20 percent shia

india 2-3 percent of muslim population is shia

saudia arabia has 25 percent shia

syria 13 percent shia ismaili twelver alawi combined

lebanon 35 percent shia

What is the difference between the Sunni and the Shiites?

• The Sunni denomination is the most traditional and the most largely followed denomination of Islam. Shia Muslims believe in a temporary marriage where a marriage is set for a prefixed period of time. • Sunni Muslims believe that the Al Mahdi is yet to come whereas Shia Muslims believe that he is already on earth.

What do the Sunni and the Shiites have in common?

Successors of Muhammad

Mahdi. The Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam.

Hadith. The Shias accept some of the same hadiths used by Sunnis as part of the sunnah to argue their case.

Shiism and Sufism.

Pillars of faith.

Practices.

Which is the largest group Sunni or Shiite?

While Shia represent the majority of the population in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain and Azerbaijan, and a plurality in Lebanon, Sunnis are the majority in more than 40 other countries, from Morocco to…