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Islam Splits

Islam Splits. Over who should succeed Muhammad after his death in 632. The Muslim world splits into 2 groups:. The Sunnis (pronounced SU-knees) The Shiites (pronounced SHEE-eye-ts). The Sunnis (SU-knees). Believe that any good Muslim can be a caliph or leader

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Islam Splits

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  1. Islam Splits Over who should succeed Muhammad after his death in 632.

  2. The Muslim world splits into 2 groups: • The Sunnis (pronounced SU-knees) • The Shiites (pronounced SHEE-eye-ts)

  3. The Sunnis (SU-knees) • Believe that any good Muslim can be a caliph or leader • They make up 90% of all Muslims today.

  4. The Shiites (SHEE-eye-ts) • Believe that Ali, Muhammad’s son-in-law and cousin should have succeed Muhammad and that all future rulers should be from this bloodline. (Sharing the blood of Muhammad from Ali, his cousin, and Fatima, his daughter. • Only 10% of the Muslim population is Shiite. Mostly in the countries of Iran and Iraq.

  5. Over time these two groups have developed other differences in the way the worship and in some of their beliefs.

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