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An example of an early Shia–Sunni fitna shootout occurred in Kurram, one of the tribal agencies of the Northwest Pakistan, where the Pushtun population was split between Sunnis and Shia. In September 1996 more than 200 people were killed when a gun battle between teenage Shia and Sunni escalated into a communal war that lasted five days.
Sunni authors often refer to this event as evidence of Abu Bakr's right to succeed Muhammad, [15] [55] though their accounts of the event might be colored by later Shia-Sunni polemics. [37] [189] Ayoub adds that the prayer argument was likely not a consideration in the early caliphal debate. [189]
The split that resulted between the Sunnis and Shias is similar to the Protestant-Catholic split that accelerated the formation of nation-states in Europe. [46] The emergence of the Safavid state and its adoption of Shia Islam as the official faith was a pivotal moment that significantly affected both Iran and the surrounding Sunni-majority ...
Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest denomination of Islam, followed by 87–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
The second part is the differentiation and distinction of the Shia as a separate sect within the Muslim community, and the opposition of the Sunni caliphs. This part starts after the Battle of Karbala and lasts until the formation of the Shia states about 900. During this section Shi'ism divided into several branches.
Most of its population are Ibadi Muslims, a more liberal offshoot of Islam predating the Sunni-Shiite split. Peace and stability are a top priority of Oman's government, and the country's tightly ...
He intentionally ignores the emergence of the Shia-Sunni split right after the death of the Prophet, over the question of Caliphate. [230] He also doesn't point towards the activism of Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, whose was the first major protest movement against the Umayyad domination. [231]
It marked the first time that the Sunni Muslim extremist group has asserted. Several gunmen burst into a Shiite mosque in the Gulf Arab state of Oman and opened fire, killing six people and ...