Islam Quote by Stephen Kinzer

“unique mix of Sunni theology and Shi'ite social traditions.”

— Tarek Osman

Sunnis consider Shias a pack of unwholesome fanatics and Shias consider Sunnis a gang of lukewarm no-goods - there's nothing like religion for spreading…

— Dervla Murphy

There has always been a confusion in the West about -Islam and about the Middle East and the assumption that the countries are Arab.…

— Hooman Majd

“A Muslim just follows Allah. Sunni-Shiah? That's farga, the groups—Allah discourages this in the Quran, you know, never ever form the groups.”

— Michael Muhammad Knight

Iran of course is Shiite, while the bulk of the Arabs are Sunni, that is a problem or could be a problem. Also, there…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

— Richard Armitage

If Iran seeks to meddle in domestic Indian politics by creating disaffection among the Shias of Uttar Pradesh, what better way to counter that…

— Sanjaya Baru

But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are loyal Americans.

— Anonymous

What we have within the Sunni tradition is this clash between the literalists and all the other trends and the Salafi movement, that are…

— Tariq Ramadan

Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.

— Trent Lott

Religious distinctions are deeply important for many of the problems in today's Middle East, particularly between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Syria and Iraq.

— Max Fisher

I am Shia Muslim.

— The Iron Sheik