That would probably be for the best, sadly it seems that more people are drawn to violence and intolerance than to moderation and peace

Also the Shia have a pretty interesting system, that allows their Imam's to define religion in weird ways, like saying that their high priests don't have to pray anymore because they are so good (even though the prophet never allowed such a thing and didn't stop himself) or generally making up some stuff contradicting to the Qur'an and the hadith.

Ibadis was a sect of Islam that originated about 20 years after the death of Mohammed, which predates both Shia and Sunni. They usually abide by a strict adherence of Sharia law, but apparently it's one of the more tolerant and moderate sects of Islam in relation to other religions.

That would probably be for the best, sadly it seems that more people are drawn to violence and intolerance than to moderation and peace

I think you have that wrong. The Sunnis believe that the caliphate passed to his cousin, Abu Bakr, because it needs to go through a male succession. The Shiites believe that it passed to his daughter (I forget her name), because it needs to go through the bloodline of the prophet.

Yeah, I know, that's not what I mean. Im saying they are both considered muslims, so the last picture (or the first) is superfluous.

I mean, i see where you're coming from, but they kind of had to have that amount of comparisons to make the original scene work. They can't just go like muslims and germanic pagans, now can they?

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many other intricacies evolved after that, but this is what started it