SUNNI-SHIA SPLIT
SUNNI ONLY
-believe that _______________
put too much emphasis on stories
of martyrs (Ali and Hussein)
-some also believe Shiites should
rather convert Sunnis than to
cooperate with them
-comes from the word
_______________ (the path)
-pray at ___________ different
times
-use of prayer rugs
-traces connection to Muhammad
through first four caliphs
(______________________
___________________________
) -_______________________________
- are prayer leaders
-___________________ are
political leaders
SHARED BELIEFS AND
PRACTICES
-oneness of ______________
-adherence to _______________
-coming of the ________________
__________________________
-fundamental practices
-_______________________________
_______________________________
_
-uses _________________ to help
Muslims understand their faith and
interpret the Koran
-each accepts certain stories as
canonical and rejects others
_______________________________
_ toward a just society and the final
-positions during prayer (standing,
bow, prostrate)
-imams – but ________________
_______________________________
_ is different
SHIA ONLY
-pray at _____________ different times
-call to prayer adds a reference to the
_________________________
________________________________
-piece of hardened clay (turba) for
prayer
-____________________ is central
martyr
-popular ritual is ta’ziya (ritual
___________________ of
___________________ death and
reenactment of his death)
-belief in direct connection to
_________________________ family
-belief they are an _____________
community, faithful to Allah, working
victory of justice over oppression at the
end of history
-Leaders called imams believed to be
_________________
___________ and able to correctly
interpret the Koran
-______________________________
-caliphs must be direct descendent of
Muhammad