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The Caliph and the Imam : the making of Sunnism and Shiism

Matthiesen, Toby, 1984-

2023

Overview

\"The authoritative account of Islam's schism that for centuries has shaped events in the Middle East and the Islamic world. In 632, soon after the Prophet Muhammad died, a struggle broke out among his followers as to who would succeed him. Most Muslims argued that the leader of Islam should be elected by the community's elite and rule as Caliph. They would later become the Sunnis. Others--who would become known as the Shia--believed that Muhammad had designated his cousin and son-in-law Ali as his successor, and that henceforth Ali's offspring should lead as Imams. This dispute over who should guide Muslims, the Caliph or the Imam, marks the origin of the Sunni-Shii split in Islam. Toby Matthiesen explores this hugely significant division from its origins to the present day.\"--Dust jacket flap.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 Death and burial. / ʻĀʼishah, approximately 614-678. / ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661. / Muḥammad, Prophet, -632. / Islam History. / Shīʻah Relations Sunnites. / Sunnites Relations Shīʻah. / Death and burial of a person. / Interfaith relations. / Islam. / Shīʻah. / Sunnites.
• ISBN: 9780190689469, 0190689463

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