A schism emerged after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, and disputes arose over who should shepherd the new and rapidly growing faith...The title passed to a trusted aide, Abu Bakr, though some thought it should have gone to Ali, the prophet’s cousin and son-in-law. Ali eventually did become caliph after Abu Bakr’s two successors were assassinated. After Ali also was assassinated, with a poison-laced sword at the mosque in Kufa, in what is now Iraq, his sons Hasan and then Hussein claimed the title. But Hussein and many of his relatives were massacred in Karbala, Iraq, in 680. His martyrdom became a central tenet to those who believed that Ali should have succeeded the prophet...
So shall it be in the end...
That's what happens when you're not allowed to put a little wine in your water.
ReplyDeleteSome march on, some just mark time.
ReplyDeleteIf they ever kiss and make up that would he worse thing that could ever happen to civilization. It is good when they are hammering away at each other.
ReplyDeleteCBC ran a documentary on Islam a few years ago and it didn't get any of this. I suppose it wasn't included because of time constraints.
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