i think in understand in a way! It sounds very complicated, does the differences between shia and sunni run with the family lines, or country lines ? Can someone choose wether to be shia or sunni? I have a few more questions now thou! Is there a leader of the muslim religon who is alive today - you know like the pope? What is wudu,salat and ahaaith? i really want to learn more about the muslim religon i find it rather hard to understand, i find the whole religon subject fasicinating, and i belive you have to understand people religion in order to understand them - i often toy with the idea of buying a copy of the quran in english to see if that helps my understanding, would it confuse me, would i be able to understand it? Many thanks for your replys so far - its good of people to take the time out to help me with my knowledge!