After the Prophet: the Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

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The tension between the two surely made the air in
that sickroom all the more stiɻing, yet it seemed that not
even the Prophet could foresee how their mutual
animosity would determine the future of Islam. After all,
how could something as seemingly small as a necklace
lost seven years earlier have set the scene for the
centuries of division that lay ahead?

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