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Islam's Sunni-Shiite split
• Christian Science MonitorTo the outsider, the differences between the Sunni and Shiite Islamic sects are hard to recognize. The five pillars of Islam – daily prayer; fasting during Ramadan; alms giving; the pilgrimage to Mecca; and belief in one, unitary god – are at the