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Sunni and Shiite Islam: Do you know the difference? Take our quiz. (CS Monitor)
Sunni and Shiite Islam: Do you know the difference? Take our quiz.Most of the world's major religions are made up of multiple sects or denominations, and Islam is no different. Islam's two major sects are the Sunnis and the Shiites, and the division and interplay between the two is a major factor in the geopolitics of the Middle East. How well do you understand Sunni and Shiite Islam? Take our quiz and find out.
By Arthur Bright, Correspondent, February 5, 2012
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0205/Sunni-and-Shiite-Islam-Do-you-know-the-difference-Take-our-quiz/Question-1
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Not as good as I'd hoped. 
Not too shabby for someone who never really cared! 
And while I deeply believe it's better to know things than not, I don't think I'm missing too much here. Was there something essential that I missed? 
--imm
And an awareness that I know very little about one of the worlds largest religious/cultural populations.
I'd like to see that one. Maybe.
--imm
