Introduction The factions of Islam among the Shi’ites and Sunnis involve different understandings of the Islamic succession. This paper will compare the Shi’ites and the Sunnis by exploring the differences and similarities between the two. Both factions of the Muslim faith have various perspectives that have molded the Islamic world. “This initial rift was compounded over the centuries by a recurring pattern of struggle within Islam between strains of militant puritanism and the less rigorous attitudes of various ruling classes”(Ryan,2016). Islam was a religion developed by the Arabians. During Pre Islamic times, Islam was a polytheistic faith. It involved tribe members without any known priesthood. Leadership In later times, a man of spiritual visions named Mohammad took over the Islam world. Mohammad was born in the country of Mecca. As Mohammad grew, he began to acknowledge a gap between the beliefs of the generosity and
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Mohammad taught that all believers must believe that Allah is the most powerful being whom created the world all must themselves to the will of Allah. As the religion of Islam evolved, five pillars of Islam system were set established. These pillars consisted of prayer five times a day, and Friday prayers and also the holy month called Ramadan. Ramadan involved fasting and being of service to others.
However, after the death of Muhammad, confusion began among his supporters on who would be his successor. Muhammad had offspring’s no male children (Hawting, 2011). This was the beginning of a major impartiality in the Islam community that caused division and instability of the nation of Islam that created the Sunnis and the Shi’ites. The resentments between the Sunnis and the Shi’ites have devastated the core of the Muslim religion (Ryan, 2013).
Sunni’s
Mohammad taught that all believers must believe that Allah is the most powerful being whom created the world all must themselves to the will of Allah. As the religion of Islam evolved, five pillars of Islam system were set established. These pillars consisted of prayer five times a day, and Friday prayers and also the holy month called Ramadan. Ramadan involved fasting and being of service to others.
However, after the death of Muhammad, confusion began among his supporters on who would be his successor. Muhammad had offspring’s no male children (Hawting, 2011). This was the beginning of a major impartiality in the Islam community that caused division and instability of the nation of Islam that created the Sunnis and the Shi’ites. The resentments between the Sunnis and the Shi’ites have devastated the core of the Muslim religion (Ryan, 2013).
Sunni’s