03-02-2004, 05:55 PM
well kate, what wel means is that he doesnt consider the "sects" that are not sunni as muslims.
never the less, to answer your question, the majority of the muslims are Sunnis. i think next comes the Shia.
as far as i know, the shias believes that the message of Allah came by mistake to the prophet Mohammad as it was suppose to go to Ali (i think). the shias also have some loud rituals where they ask blessings from several great muslims which we the sunnis see as blasphemy cause blessing comes from God only and there is no need to have a medium or someone to send your blessings for you. the shias also go to graves of those great muslims looking for blessings from them. by great muslims i mean people that used to live at the time of the prophet or even relatives of the prophet, like his son or something.
they also have this great thing with the prophet's son Hussain. they have this motto which says something like "we are from Hussain and Hussain is from us". so you see, they are too much into the great people and forgot that God is the greatest and doesnt need anyone to help Him hear the prayers of His servants.
there are alot more differences as well. hope i gave a little light to the subject tho.