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Sunnis, Shi’a, Protestants, and Catholics, oh my

When discussing the Shi’a-Sunni sectarian divide in Islam, does the Catholic-Protestant analogy useful, or a barrier to understanding? Razib and Aziz continue their long-standing debate on the matter. At least, until we are interrupted by an interloper who interjects their own, unique perspective…

[podcast]http://talkislam.info/podcasts/2008-10-14%2022-45-30.mp3[/podcast]

The original discussion on this topic was back in March 2004 – here are the relevant links:

  1. Aziz, at City of Brass – fuzzy analogies: Shi’a and Catholics
  2. Thabet, at Muslims Under Progress – On the Islamic clerisy and analogies with Christianity
  3. Razib, at Gene Expression – Here I Stand

There was also a followup discussion at Talk Islam this past May (2008).

Hopefully, our next podcast will pick up where this one left off!

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3 Responses to “Sunnis, Shi’a, Protestants, and Catholics, oh my”

  1. Willow says:
    October 16, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    Don’t listen for the discussion. Listen for the ridiculously cute Poonawalla v2.0.

  2. kaitlin says:
    October 21, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    shes got a bad case of adoradbles… lol.

  3. Listen Islam: podcasts — Dean’s World says:
    October 23, 2008 at 8:34 am

    [...] and Razib Khan (who runs the GNXP website and is an avowed atheist) about the validity of the analogy between Catholics and Protestants when comparing Sunnis and Shi’a. The second podcast is by two women, blogger Muse and writer Willow, about mahr, the practice of [...]