Islams Sunni-Shia Divide, Explained - HISTORY Though the two main sects within Islam, Sunni and Shia, agree on most of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam, a bitter split between the two goes back some 14 centuries The divide
The Origins Of The Shiite-Sunni Split : Parallels - NPR The division between Islam's Shiite minority and the Sunni majority is deepening across the Middle East The split occurred soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, nearly 1,400 years ago
The Sunni-Shia Divide - Council on Foreign Relations Shia identity is rooted in victimhood over the killing of Husayn, the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, in the seventh century, and a long history of marginalization by the Sunni majority
Sunni versus Shia: Origin Story of the Divide - World History Edu The Sunni-Shia divide in Islam is rooted in a succession dispute after the Prophet Muhammad’s death in 632 CE While the two sects agree on the fundamental tenets of Islam, their historical split arose from differing beliefs about who should lead the Muslim community
Sunnis and Shia: Islams ancient schism - BBC News The divide between Sunnis and Shia is the largest and oldest in the history of Islam Members of the two sects have co-existed for centuries and share many fundamental beliefs and practices
Sunni-Shia Division in Islam: Its Origin, Development . . . This research paper has tried to focus on the origin and development of Sunni-Shia division in Islam and also on its political, socio-economic implications and contemporary relations
Sunni Shia Split and Conflict – Islamic History Events . . . Islamic Sunni historians (e g Ibn Taymiyyah and many others) attribute the roots of the Shia movement to a person named Abdullah Ibn Saba According to the historians, Abdullah Ibn Saba was a Yemeni Jew who had migrated from Yemen to Madinah and became a Muslim