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Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, the second Caliph of the Umayyad dynasty, died suddenly at the age of 33, possibly a coronary thrombosis, after three years of holding the office of Khilafat. Because he is the object of animosity to a large faction of Muslims, especially Shi'ites, such members of the ummah tend to view his death as the 'judgement from the wrath of Allah' (Caliph Muawiya II). Shi'ites brand him as an apostate and an open enemy of Islam for his actions at the Battle of Karbala; Sunnis do not actually excommunicate Yazid but likewise condemn his actions as severe abuses of power.

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