HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Sunni
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Shia/Shiite
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kufa (in Iraq) had become the center of Shiite resistance to the Umayyads. Disgusted with what they considered Umayyad tyranny, the Kufans asked Husayn to come to their city, promising to help him defeat Caliph Yazid’s army. In the fall of 680, Husayn left Arabia with a small band of warriors and their families.
Detailed explanation-2: -Both Sunnis and Shias supported efforts to overthrow the Umayyads, as did non-Muslim subjects of the empire who resented religious discrimination.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The followers of Ali later became the Shi’a minority sect of Islam, which rejects the legitimacy of the first three caliphs.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Shia (SHEE-ah) thought only Muhammad’s descendants could become caliphs. But the Sunni (SOO-nee) didn’t believe caliphs had to be related to Muhammad. Safavid leaders were Shia, and the Ottomans were Sunni.
Detailed explanation-6: -Shia Islam holds that Ali ibn Abi Talib was the designated successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.