Sunni Divide Case Study

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The Shia(Shi’ite) and Sunni divide has been around for 1400 years and only continues to grow larger and larger and affecting the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia as time goes on. Some troubling events that have happened due to this include the Bahraini Uprising, the Iraq War, Syrian Civil War and the formation of ISIS .This schism traces back to 632 AD, the death of the Prophet Muhammad (holiest prophet of Islam). Since Muhammad died a new caliphate (leader of Islamic community) needed to present and was elected to a confidant of Muhammad, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, and some in the community felt dissatisfied with this and the true caliphate should’ve been Ali ibn Abi Talib, due to him sharing a bloodline with him. This created a divide, the

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