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OkCornel:


Shia–Sunni relations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia%E2%80%93Sunni_relations

Sunni Islam and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. Their division traces back to a schism following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the year 632AD. A dispute over succession to Muhammad as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world, which led to the Battle of Jamal and Battle of Siffin. The dispute intensified greatly after the Battle of Karbala, in which Hussein ibn Ali and his household were killed by the ruling Umayyad Caliph Yazid I, and the outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community.

The present demographic breakdown between the two denominations is difficult to assess and varies by source, but a good approximation is that 85–90% of the world's Muslims are Sunni[1] and 10–15% are Shia,with most Shias belonging to the Twelver tradition and the rest divided between many other groups.[2] Sunnis are a majority in most Muslim communities: in Southeast Asia, China, South Asia, Africa, and most of the Arab world. Shia make up the majority of the citizen population in Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon, Iran and Azerbaijan, as well as being a politically significant minority in Pakistan, Syria and Yemen. Azerbaijan is predominantly Shia; however, practicing adherents are far fewer. Indonesia has the largest number of Sunni Muslims, while Iran has the largest number of Shia Muslims (Twelver) in the world. Pakistan has the second-largest Sunni population in the world, while India has the second-largest Shia Muslim (Twelver) population.

Today, there are differences in religious practice, traditions, and customs, often related to jurisprudence. Although all Muslim groups consider the Quran to be divine, Sunni and Shia have different opinions on hadith.

In recent years, Sunni–Shia relations have been increasingly marked by conflict, particularly the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict. Sectarian violence persists to this day from Pakistan to Yemen and is a major element of friction throughout the Middle East and South Asia. Tensions between communities have intensified during power struggles, such as the Bahraini uprising, the Iraq War, and most recently the Syrian Civil War and in the formation of the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and Syria that has launched a genocide against Shias.


YOU SAY ISLAM IS ONE ... BUT HISTORICAL EVIDENCE AND FACTS SUGGEST OTHERWISE

This is just the introduction to the article.

The article sourced its information from 266 different sources which spans across the historical and literary work of ancient and modern Arabian Islamic scholars.

I just added this part in case you feel like trashing the authenticity of the article.

Ustec:

Lol
mr confuser.
There's no point in this one.
Islam is one.
if you don't believe.
No compulsion.

cchiagom:


His also on MyTv (Angel TV)

OkCornel:


In all honesty, it's becoming increasingly difficult to hold intellectually stimulating discussions on nairaland without name-calling and unprovoked insults involved.

Let's focus on what we are discussing without insults or name calling.

Back to the matter on ground...I just compared your conclusion on the unity of Islam to what seasoned Islam scholars and researchers have stated.

It's either they are wrong or you are wrong.

Then again, going by your logic...Christianity and other religions are one...but that conclusion is a fallacy...and that same fallacy applies to Islam...unless you have sufficient evidence to back up your claims and prove the Islam historians, researchers and scholars wrong (both ancient and modern)

phiszo:

Bro, don't waste your time with him. He can't converse intelligently. That's how most of them are (if not all).

BruncleZuma:


Everybody wan prophesy...even people wen no get toilets for their countries.