The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi'is is currently
reflected in the destructive struggle for hegemony between Saudi
Arabia and Iran - with no apparent end in sight. But how did this
conflict begin, and why is it now the focus of so much attention?
In this definitive account, John McHugo charts the history of Islam
from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day. He
describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the
Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi'ism evolved as different sects during
the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of
the Sunni Ottomans and Shi'i Safavids ensured that the split would
continue into the modern age. In recent decades, this centuries-old
divide has acquired a new toxicity resulting in violence across the
Arab and Muslim world.
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