a couple of years after Prophet Muhammad died. This is when the first caliph was chosen, abu-bakr. Shia's believed that Imam Ali should have been the caliph
the Sunni and Shiite Are two sects of Islam religion.
the Sunni and Shiite are two main sects in Islam religion first as majority and latter as minority.
Islam
Islam
The Sunni-Shiite split was at first a political one and began around 630 C.E. The actual Fitna al-Kubra (Sunni-Shiite War) began in the mid-650s C.E.
shia Islam.
in religious sciences we apply sect in place of faction.hence it is better to say that we have two sects in islam religion shiite as minority and sunni as majority.
they are two sect or fraction of Islam religion. Sunnism as Majority and Shiite as minority are two main sects in Islam religion.
Official religion of Iran is Shiite Islam, specifically Twelver Shiite Islam with the Jaafari School of Fiqh (jurisprudence).
he was Sunni.
sunni
The majority is Sunni.