A Concise History Of Sunnis And Shi'is
by John McHugo /
2017 / English / Kindle, EPUB
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Definitive and insightful, in this richly layered and engrossing
account, John McHugo reveals how the great divide in Islam
occurred. Charting the story of Islam from the death 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 contrived to ensure that the split would continue into
modern times. Now its full, destructive force has been brought out
by the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for the soul of the
Muslim world.
Definitive and insightful, in this richly layered and engrossing
account, John McHugo reveals how the great divide in Islam
occurred. Charting the story of Islam from the death 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 contrived to ensure that the split would continue into
modern times. Now its full, destructive force has been brought out
by the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for the soul of the
Muslim world.
