Please don't tell me I'm wrong about the Sunni-Shiite split.  Am I? And Taqiyya?  That's not a bit on the wack side?  The ultimate answer you can give me will make me feel safe knowing, I am an infidel.  But I lived in Turkey in the early 60's and had a "houseboy", named Ashear (sp) that explained many things about Islam.  Looking back I can see how Mustafa Kamal Attaturks choice of secular govt. over Sharia Law made such a difference.