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During the Safavid Empire Islam split into two groups What were they called?
The Sunni and the Shia Islam. Shia Islam was made Persia's state religion; Sunni clerics were either killed or exiled from Persia.
When did sunni and shia split?
at prophet died. they had conflict about who is the right leader of Islam world after prophet.
Why did the Muslim community split.?
There have been several divisions in the history of Islam. Among the first was a disagreement over the succession of caliphs after the death of the prophet Mohamed (peace be unto him). Some felt that the proper order of succession was through his daughter, others through his brother. This was the division that became Sunni and Shia.
What are the two main branches within Islam?
Islam is split into two large factions. The Sunni follow Mohammed alone as the prophet of Allah, while Shiites also accept the validity of the Caliph Ali (and to some extent several other lesser prophets). The Sunni are hence approximately equivalent to Protestant Christians, while the Shiites are more like Roman Catholics. The Sunni are by far the larger grouping, and sometimes differences between the sects can be quite marked. Relatively few Sunni, for example, practise female circumcision - but the practice is in theory acceptable to the faith. In Shiite Islam female circumcision is haram (blasphemous).
Following the death of the prophet Muhammad Islam split into these two main groups called?
No. Islam didn't split into two groups at the death of the Prophet SAW. It split into two political groups when the rebels mercilessly martyred the third Rightful Caliph Hazrat Usman RAU. The religious division came much later.
Are there more shi'ite Muslims or sunni Muslims in Austria?
I would assume there are more Sunni Muslims in Austria than Shia Muslims as in general the split is around 90% Sunni and 10% Shia worldwide. Shia's are mostly found in countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan. So they are a minority sect unlike the Sunni's who are mainstream and represent orthodox Islam.
A disagreement over who would be the next caliph led to a split in Islam into two groups called what?
No. Islam didn't split into two groups at the death of the Prophet SAW. It split into two political groups when the rebels mercilessly martyred the third Rightful Caliph Hazrat Usman RAU. The religious division came much later.
Why there was a split in Islam in the creation of the 2 different sects?
The split in Islam that resulted in the formation of two distinct sects Sunni and Shia can be traced back to a disagreement over the succession of the Prophet Muhammad. After the death of the Prophet in 632 CE the Community of Believers was divided over who should take his place as leader of the Muslim community. Sunnis who form the majority of Muslims believe the rightful successor to Muhammad was Abu Bakr one of the Prophets closest companions. They also believe that the Islamic leadership should be based on consensus and the selection of the most qualified individual. Shias on the other hand believe that Muhammad chose his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib to be his successor and that the leadership should only be passed down through his descendants. This disagreement over the rightful successor to the Prophet has led to the split of Sunni and Shia Islam.
What issue or question caused a split in Islam?
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.
How is Islam sunni and shiite related to each other?
They are the two main branches of Islam. The split between Sunni and shiite Islam occurred very early in Islam's history, in the 7th century AD. It had very little to do with any differences in Muslim belief (although there are a few, mostly minor differences), but everything with the question whether the rightful successor to the prophet Muhammed was his father-in-law Abu Bakr or his son-in-law Ali. Sunni Muslims think is was Abu Bakr, Shia Muslims are followers of Ali ('shia' even means "followers"). In the past, Sunni and Shiite Muslims mostly managed to co-exist peacefully and even intermarried. Today the differences between these two Muslim branches have become intermingled with the struggle for political supremacy in the Middle East between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran.
Why did the two Muslim religions split from each other?
Islam is one religion and never split in two The only point is that there are two main schools withing Islam religion; called Sunni and Shiites schools. The differences between them are minors and relevant to the basic Islam religion beliefs and rules. They both pray to same God, recite same Quran, pray in same mosques and possibly behind same leader (who is Sunni or Shiite, go to hajj in same places and doing same rituals, fast same month of Ramadan, believe in same prophet, ... etc. Refer to question below.
Why are leaders in Islam important?
the caliphs were Muhammad's successors, when Muhammad died there was turmoil between who had the right to succeed him...this started the sunni/ shia split
