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To: RetiredNow who wrote (219325)	2/16/2005 2:08:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574305

You've got it backwards. Shias are more liberal than Sunnis. No they are not. Sunnis are the ones who typically have Wahabbist leanings. Wahhabism is a Sunni sect found primarily in Saudi Arabia. Its not typical of Sunnis and their thinking. They are the equivalent of S. Baptists. There is no way tha S. Baptists represent the thinking of most Protestants. Sunnis are the ones who have typically been very intolerant of the Shias and Kurds, or any other Muslims sect or non-Muslim religion. That's right. The Sunnis are the dominate group in Islam and they consider the Shia to be too religious. The Shia are to Sunnis as the Orthodox Jew is to the Conservative Jew. Iranians on the other hand are typically well-educated and alot more liberal, with the exception of the Iranian leadership. I wouldn't say they are liberal......even the proponents for democracy in Iran IMO are not liberal as we define the term. I think education is making them more open minded, and that, in time, that will make them more liberal. However, Iran is hardly a liberal nation, particularly in comparison to Sunni nations like Turkey or Egypt or Algeria. BTW I don't think any of them are truly liberal.....Turkey and Lebanon.......and maybe Qatar are moving in that direction.......but they are making very small steps. ted