History News Network:
"What Is the Difference Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims--and
Why Does It Matter?
"Another difference between
Sunnis and Shiites has to do
with the Mahdi, "the rightly-
guided one" whose role is to
bring a just global caliphate
into being. As historian
Timothy Furnish has
written,"The major difference
is that for Shi`is he has
already been here, and will
return from hiding; for Sunnis
he has yet to emerge into
history: a comeback v. a
coming out, if you will."
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/934
"Another difference between
Sunnis and Shiites has to do
with the Mahdi, "the rightly-
guided one" whose role is to
bring a just global caliphate
into being. As historian
Timothy Furnish has
written,"The major difference
is that for Shi`is he has
already been here, and will
return from hiding; for Sunnis
he has yet to emerge into
history: a comeback v. a
coming out, if you will."
http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/934
