HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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The Shiites did not believe in spreading Islam by force
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The Sunni do not recognize Jesus as a prohpet
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They disagreed on who should lead after Muhammad
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They both wanted control of the holy city of Mecca
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Detailed explanation-1: -Though the two main sects within Islam, Sunni and Shia, agree on most of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam, a bitter split between the two goes back some 14 centuries. The divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced.
Detailed explanation-2: -How many of each sect are there? The great majority–upwards of 85 to 90 percent–of the world’s more than 1.6 billion Muslims are Sunnis. Shia constitute about 10 to 15 percent of all Muslims, and globally their population is estimated at less than 200 million.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sunnis and the Shi’ites compose the two main branches of Islam, similiar to the way Christianity has two main branches (Catholicism and Protestantism). Shi’ites believe that Islam should be led by descendants of Muhammad, while Sunnis believe that the leader of Islam should be appointed by election and consensus.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Sunnis recognize the first four caliphs as the Prophet Muhammad’s rightful successors, whereas the Shiʿah believe that Muslim leadership belonged to Muhammad’s son-in-law, ʿAlī, and his descendants alone.