Hey Kathy, thanks appreciate that!

To be honest i don't really consider myself to be either. I guess it is not really one of the areas i have learnt much about, or felt to be that important to me at this point in my journey. To be truthful i mainly hear about the two sects on the news, and believe that is politically driven not due to the differences in religious beliefs. So i have to say it is not something i have come across much so far.

But i'll try and answer your question from my limited knowledge, - i guess i would be a sunni muslim if i really had to give an answer but that is mainly just because 90% of muslims are sunni muslims whilst obviously 10% are not, so i assume that most of the people i know in UK are sunni and i have learnt a lot from them etc.

The main differences between the two are that sunni muslims do not believe that Mohammad designated a successor whilst shia muslims do, Therefore the first successor for each sect is different. Furthermore, Sunni muslims believe that their imans are just humans who are well versed in the Quran and have a lot of religious knowledge whilst Shia muslims believe that their imans are infallible. At the present time i don't really know about whether this changes how they pray - i do believe i read somewhere about slight differences but i can't say with any real certainty.

Sorry i don't think i have been much help. Can i ask why you asked this question - purely out of interest.