Huntsville's Sunnis and Shias work together

fighting the widespread misconception about the Muslims and the Islamic religion, that it allows the oppression of women and promotes violence specially against Non- Muslims, Huntsville Muslims try to explain the message Allah sent humanity with the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which urges having mercy even for enemies and respect for women, and that both Sunni and Shia Muslims who follow the teachings of the Qur’an should do the same.

"What happened the other day in Jordan is against all humanity, against the soul of Islam," said Aladin Beshir, a NASA engineer and an active member of the Huntsville Islamic Center on Sparkman Drive.

Like the Protestants and Catholics of the world watched the old troubles in Ireland and England with sorrow, Muslims all over the world watch the internecine violence in the Middle East, and are truly saddened by the crimes that violate the teachings of the holy Qur’an.
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"Whoever believes in one god and that Muhammad, (Peace be upon Him), is the last messenger from Allah, is a Muslim," Razavi said. "The rest of the differences are not major."

Shia and Sunni Islam are similar to a great extent; the differences are often less marked than are the differences among Protestant Christian denominations. It's a difference of emphasis and tradition. Throughout Islam's 1,500-year history, the men said, the two main branches lived in harmony and prayed together peacefully.