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The largest two Islamic groups are Shi'a and Sunni Muslims. These two groups now have quite different beliefs, but the original split was caused by the question of who was to succeed Muhammad. The Sunni's believe that Abu Bakr was his rightful successor, but the Shi'a believe that Muhammad chose his cousin Ali.

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