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Prophet's Dilemma: The Sunni Shia Split Part 2

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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The Rida Wars - A Brief History

One of abu baker's very first challenges as caliph was dealing with the arabian tribes who used mohammed's death as an opportunity to stop paying taxes. For two years, these wars raged across arabia. They were called the rida wars, or the wars of apostasy. The future of islam rested on the survival of this pan arabic confederation the prophet had built. And abub aker would be damned if he was going to let it fall apart on his watch. As he said at the time, if they withhold only a hobbling cord of what they gave the prophet, i fight them for it. and he did fight them for

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