SUNNI vs. SHI'ITE

by David Nuttle

After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the Islamic global population divided in two camps, Sunni and Shi'ite who have had a prolonged "cold war." The dividing issue was and continues to be the means of succession to determine the next Prophet. Sunni believe that selection is to be made by a vote of the elite from the Islamic Quraysh tribe. The Shi'ite are certain the position of Prophet is a divine right and that person must be a known member of the Prophet' immediate family.

Said "cold war" continues in conflicts between the Sunnis in Saudia Arabia and Shi'ites of Iran. A primary goal for the Shi'ites is creation of what they call the Shi'ite Cresent to control the entire Middle East. The Sunni's are believed to have a more expansive goal and seek to convert or eliminate all non-Muslim populations from earth to create a Global Caliphate. It seems modification of earth's population is an absolute requirement for their 12th Imam, the Mahadi to return to earth to rule over all nations and peoples under the Flag of Islam using Sharia Law to sustain good order. The Mahdi is said to now be in a spiritual form providing a very special holding pattern in Islamic Paradise. ISIS & al-Qaeda have co-opted the Sunni goal of creating a Global Caliphate.

The Sunni have a Caliph who is the political and military leader as well as enforcer of the horrific Sharia Laws. Whereas the Shi'ites have an Ayatollah who is divinely inspired as well as directed by a "hidden Imam." Sunni practice marriage with the Shi'ites only having what they call temporary marriage of as many of four wives. They will periodically "dump" such a temporary wife, at times along with her children from the union. At this point in time, this very unfortunate former wife and her children must survive on their own.

Both the Sunni and Shi'ites train and indoctrinate their youth to be dedicated jihadists who will be willing to sacrifice their lives to help meet expansion goals. To make them have no fear in this process, they are promised many great rewards in Islamic Paradise when they martyr themselves for the cause. Both factions of Islam create, support, and use proxy-type terrorist groups to help achieve their goals. In the case of the Shi'ites an immediate priority is elimination of Israel and the U. S. since these two nations are preventing total control of the Shi'ite Cresent. The Sunni have terrorist proxy groups in Africa eliminating Christians as part

of their goal of removing all non-Muslims from earth.

Sunni Imams are encouraging Muslims to infiltrate other nations and work to impose

Sharia Law and gain political control by all means possible including having large numbers of children to leverage more influence. At times, Islamic jihadists obtain support from an unexpected source, such as when POTUS Obama helped to bring over 80,000 Somali to the U. S. from Somalia. Most of these Somali are supporters of the Wahhabi and act to help support their proxy terrorist group, al-Shaabab, in Somalia.

Israel and the U. S. have acter to deter Iran's Shi'ite clergy from creation of nuclear bombs and delivery missiles they planned to use to "speed" total control of their Shi'ite Cresent. However, our war with Iran will only delay and not deter this goal of fanatic and dedicated Shi'ite clerics.

We live in a very complex world with great turmoil caused by ideological, political, ethnic, power, and religious differences. To achieve peace in our world, we must learn to effectively deal with all these circumstances!!