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2007-03-08 Olde Tyme Religion

Dinesh D'Souza doesn't think the Sunni-Shia split is significant

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In fact, what are the theological differences between a Sunni and a Shia?

Moron.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-03-08 05:35|| 2007-03-08 05:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Effective immediately: "Pundit" status will be reviewed monthly. Anyone with Sudden-Moron-Syndrome will lose rank.

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Posted by Sneaze 2007-03-08 06:47|| 2007-03-08 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 The meme that the split between Sunni and Shia is a trifling matter not worth thinking about is the latest thing. I heard the head of the Middle East (or something like that) program at Duke University interviewed on NPR yesterday. In addition to the usual blithering about how Al Qaeda is misquoting the peace-endorsing Koran, he took the same line that the only real difference between Sunni and Shia is whether their religious leaders are also the political leaders. The Sunni caliphs are both supreme ruler and final religious authority, whereas the Shiite ayatollahs restrict themselves to religious matters, leaving the tedious necessities of ordering people around to the Shah of Iran and such. At that point I switched stations, lest the car have a dreadful accident. It wouldn't have done for them to find me after, arguing that the religious wars of Europe over the primacy of the pope in the years after Martin Luther scribbled a few thoughts on the subject... well, that those wars appeared to be over an issue equally trifling to the outsider.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-08 07:20|| 2007-03-08 07:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Great summary, TW. As a Christian, I abhor death, but this Sunni-Shi'a "divide" has got me questioning...which side to root for? Kinda like the Hamas/Fatah "civil war" in Paleoland, is there a downside to this infighting?

Posted by BA 2007-03-08 08:54|| 2007-03-08 08:54|| Front Page Top

#5 is there a downside to this infighting?

Neither side can fire with sufficient accuracy.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-03-08 08:59|| 2007-03-08 08:59|| Front Page Top

#6 lol, NS. True, so true!

Posted by BA 2007-03-08 09:07|| 2007-03-08 09:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Now, if they were denying that the split was significant in contrast to getting together to kill the kuffir, that might be different...

Posted by Ernest Brown 2007-03-08 09:15|| saturninretrograde.blogspot.com]">[saturninretrograde.blogspot.com] 2007-03-08 09:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Dinesh D'Souza doesn't think ~~the Sunni-Shia split is significant~~

There - fixed that for ya'

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