This is an interesting question. Mostly for one solitary reason. For the most part if you are not involved in the fields of Apologetics....9 out of 10 people don't know the answer to this question. Yet its an important distinction to be made, as it explains the majority of problems that these two groups of Muslims have had, and also important for the American public to understand.
So whats the difference? Its extremely important to understand. I can't stress this enough. A lot more than what our media today lets the public know. And its important to know because we have to know the countries who are more proactive than others. I'm going to write a 2 article series on the topic of the 12th Imam (this being one of them). A political and a Theological. During the time of Muhammad, it was widely understood who was in charge. The problem became after Muhammad died. He didn't leave an executor of the will. Naturally this caused a problem between two faction groups of the Muslims. One wished to keep the government of the Muslim faith with the elect, the Sunnis. This group was led by Abu Bakr. Then there was a second faction, the Shi'ites, who wanted the lineage of Muhammad to be recognized. This left Ali in charge of this group. So for many 100s of years, wars raged between these two groups of the Muslim faith. Around the time of the 11th Imam, who is the leader via the lineage of Muhammad, the Sunnis captured the Imam, to prevent future Imams from popping up. In light of this 11th Imam's presence, they captured the Imam, and killed him. What happens after that is a 12th Imam emerges out of thin air. This 12th Imam was said to have disappeared from visibility, but is still with us even today though not seen. This Imam is similar to the Christian and Jewish idea of the coming of the Messiah and Muslims seem to draw many parallels (of course after the fact). What is different is the means as to how we may provoke the Messiah figure to come. The Christian and Jewish idea promotes a Messiah of love. The Muslims Imam is a figure that promotes the eradication of infidels. Thus, there is a proactive group fighting against us today overseas whom we are trying to appease with peace talks. These are the Shi'ite nations. In the future (this requires me to go through my notes), I will provide a list of these Shi'ite nations. Sunnis are much less proactive about getting the Imam to come (at the present time), but still seek to support and spread the same religion. The problem with peace talks follows. According to even former Muslim terrorists, Muslims have been claiming one thing in English, and another in Arabic. Here is our first problem. There is dishonesty, and the media hasn't done a very good job of uncovering this. Our leaders have responded by either a) keeping this information away from us or b) burying their heads in the sand on these important matters. If we think about past wars that we've had, a majority of them involved an understanding and knowledge by a majority of the population in knowing who our enemy was. Today's war against the Muslims, this does not seem to concern us. Thus Muslims are seemingly friendly in their conversation with us in English, and antagonistic towards the nation in Arabic amongst their own people. This is not targetting everybody of the Muslim RACE (there is a difference, I have a Palestinian Christian friend for example) but certainly many of the religion of Islam. Lets continue further here. In order to be proactive in subservience to the 12th Imam, it is thought that by the Shi'ites that if they go out and take the land that they believe is theirs, that this Imam will come. And this involves and includes the killing off of Christians and Jews (the infidels as defined in the Quran). Given this is a Theological agenda that is motivating this group of people to act, simple peace talks and treaties will be of no use to us. The liberal media wants us all to believe that "Islam is a religion of peace." The media in general in large part seems to be following suit. However, we as Americans have not been interested in seeking out information. Its obvious that we do not have people in charge of our country wishing to educate the public. Muhammad is called "the Prophet of the Sword" for a reason. The Muslim faith has been largely centered around conquering and dividing nations. I am not a man of politics. But I do want to make this perfectly clear. I have a brother..my best friend in this world, who is fighting to protect us overseas in Afghanistan. We have to understand the problem as a nation of Americans, and take necessary action as it is warranted. Backpedalling on issues, or ignoring a situation and hoping that it will go away will not alleviate the problem. At this time it shall be deemed appropriate to applaud anybody who has served overseas. Let us take some time to acknowledge your efforts. I personally would further thank each and every one who has assisted in this war. Let us stand together in support of the war on terrorism.
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