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Originally Posted by YNKYH8R
Quick question for anyone...are Palestinian's muslims? And if they are how do they differ from the Sunni and Sh-ite?
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Sunnis and Shiites are types of Muslims. The difference is in the beliefs, much like the difference in the beliefs of two different Christian denominations. Both are Muslim, but there was a split in the faith regarding succession of the religious leadership early in the formation of the faith. Here is a decent (quick) link to explain it (but you can find more in-depth by googling, if you find you're interested):
http://www.religioustolerance.org/isl_intr1.htm (then click on "schools of Islam)
Anyone who converts from any culture or country can decide to be a certain branch of Islam, I assume.
A Palestinian, though, is someone from what was Palestine, now the Occupied Territories. It's also used to described the many (Palestinian originially) refugees that are in Jordan, Syria, etc. It's more of a national designation, like American or Mexican.
There are Palestinian Muslims, Palestinian Christians, Palestinian Jews. The majority of Palestinians are Muslim.
So, there would be Palestinian Sunni Muslims and Palestinian Shiite Muslims.
