(RNS1-NOV11) Atif Qarni, shown here pushing his 3-year-old son Zane as his wife, Fatima Pashaei looks on, said that he had no qualms about being a Muslim serving in the U.S. military. Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Muslim accused of shooting 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, was reportedly conflicted about whether going to war in majority-Muslim countries was a breach of his faith. See RNS-MUSLIMS-ARMY, transmitted Nov. 11, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Christopher Rossi.
RNS SHIITE SUNNI
(RNS1-NOV11) Atif Qarni, shown here pushing his 3-year-old son Zane as his wife, Fatima Pashaei looks on, said that he had no qualms about being a Muslim serving in the U.S. military. Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Muslim accused of shooting 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, was reportedly conflicted about whether going to war in majority-Muslim countries was a breach of his faith. See RNS-MUSLIMS-ARMY, transmitted Nov. 11, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Christopher Rossi.
RNS SHIITE SUNNI
(RNS1-MARCH02) New York City Shiites say Sunni extremists (from a group called the Islamic
Thinkers Society) passed out this flier. It charges Shiites with heresy for marking the killing of one
of their most revered imams with a march through Manhattan on Feb. 5. Some Sunnis believe such
shows of reverence are tantamount to worship and detract from the oneness of God that is central to
Islam. The difference in belief is just one of the things that divides Shiite and Sunni Muslims. See
RNS-SHIITE-SUNNI, transmitted March 2, 2006. Religion News Service photo courtesy of the
Qunoot Foundation.
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