Why do Arab countries lose wars?

Originally posted by oguzkhan arabian peoples are lazy.they are earn money by just oil.not reason islam to loser.

Question what exactly are the differences between Shiites and Sunnis?  I understand the differences between Catholics and Prostestants.  I am talking ideas about god, prophets, laws etc.  Not generalities.  this information would help tremendously.

Originally posted by annechka Question what exactly are the differences between Shiites and Sunnis?  I understand the differences between Catholics and Prostestants.  I am talking ideas about god, prophets, laws etc.  Not generalities.  this information would help tremendously.

The difference between Sunnis and Shiites is indeed politic as Scorpius said. What he didn't mention is that it was politic in the 7th Chritian century (first century of Islam) but know it got cristalized into religious dogma.

Both belive Mohamed is the last prophet. No muslim (except very very few exceptions) belive anybody else to be the last prophet.

After the death of Mohamad, in 732, the question was: who is going to be his successor? His closest companions or his son-in-law, Ali. Most went for the closest companion but some staid with Ali. After a few battle the all Ali familly was kill and Ali along them. Yet his corps was found (his grave is said to be in Kerbala, Irak) some of his followers went on fighting. There has been a serie of 7 or more often 12 imams succeding him. Anyway the last of the serie didn't die but disappear and his return on Earth is expected by the Shiites as much as the Christian wait for the return of Christ and the Jews the arrival of the Messie.

Shia became the third sect of  Islam (with the sunnis and the Kharidjites). But on the countrary of the sunnis who do have different traditions but see each other as one single group. The Shiites are divided. The Iranian and the Irakis are Duodecimites (they belive it is the 12th iman that is to come back). But the Druzes in Lebanon are waiting for somebody else. The is another sect in Iran waiting for the 7th imam... Quite scrumbled as you can see. Of course they have been killing each other for generations and thus there is a hatred or at least a powerful suspiscion between them. Sunnis in particular are very anti-Iranian. Yet for about 10years many islamic thinkers are claiming all muslims should get together. The most famous of these leader is Osama Bin Laden.

Originally posted by Jay. Are there not two different ways to pray? Which way do you pray, like a Sunni or Shiia?

When you say "always lose wars", you must mean the Israeli wars, because the Arabs don't usually have a history of losing wars outside of those conflicts.

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Edited by azimuth - 21-Aug-2006 at 04:49

Originally posted by �ok ge�   Only Gulf states are the Arabs whose income is oil-dependant, thus, 75% of other Arabs without oil revenue.

Edited by Kapikulu - 22-Aug-2006 at 14:38

Originally posted by Kapikulu   Maybe you can tell us if there is any Arab country without oil revenue other than Jordan,which barely consists of a very small percent of the Arab World...   Egypt and Syria exports less than others,but crude petroleum and oil products are still  one of Syria Egypt's main export goods.

 Its not that they are bad. The others are simply better.