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I'm not sure of the exact time but, The fighting started almost immediately after the prophet Muhammad died.
They are not fighting. The basic beliefs of both are the same. They follow the same Prophet (SAW). Only the extremists sometimes somewhere create problems.
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∙ 15y agoWell Shia'ism is as old as Sunnism!
But throughout most of its history, they have co-existed peacefully.
Whatever battles were fought have been about political power, not about ideology or beliefs.
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