THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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They each want to be the dominant religion in Iraq
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They are fighting over how to split Iraq
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They are fighting for Power over Iraq
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shias, a term that stems from shi’atu Ali, Arabic for “partisans of Ali, ” believe that Ali and his descendants are part of a divine order. Sunnis, meaning followers of the sunna, or “way” in Arabic, of Mohammed, are opposed to political succession based on Mohammed’s bloodline.
Detailed explanation-2: -The origin of Shia–Sunni relations can be traced back to a dispute over the succession to the Islamic prophet Muhammad as a caliph of the Islamic community.
Detailed explanation-3: -The original split between Sunnis and Shiites occurred soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, in the year 632. “There was a dispute in the community of Muslims in present-day Saudi Arabia over the question of succession, ” says Augustus Norton, author of Hezbollah: A Short History.