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Here is an honest question...Who started calling himself SHIA and who called himself SUNNI?
I mean ALL I KNOW is Prophet SAW (our leader) called himself MUSLIM...soo errr who exactly are you guys following?
I am willing to take that debate in another thread or in private. But you need to understand that there have been many sects in Islam and that the Noble Qur'an already predicted that to happen.
You can start looking at the number of extinct Shia sects below:
List of extinct Shia sects - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunnis are Muslims. It is just a name to distinguish it from other Muslim sects. Sunni Islam is the orthodox form of Islam that 90% of all Muslims follow.
The word "Sunni" comes from the Arabic term "Sunnah" which refers to the sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad (saws) as record in the Hadiths.
I think that every Muslim considers himself an Muslim but if he has to distinguish himself from other sects deriving from Islam he uses a prefix such as Sunni, Shia, Ibadi or the newer sects such as Ahmadi etc.
Sects have started in every religion. The Bible or Torah does not mention Methodists, Baptists, Protestants, Orthodox, Catholics or Ultra-Orthodox Jews etc. but nevertheless those sects exist today due to people inventing them.
Sunni Islam is no invention. It is Islam in its most pure form compared to all other sects. Hence it is by FAR the biggest, oldest and the orthodox "sect" in Islam. I would not even call it a sect. I regard the others as sects but that is my opinion and those of 90% of all Muslims worldwide more or less.