Islam 1: Muhammad, the first Caliphate, and the core teachings
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The Assassination of Ali in 661
A growing opposition party arises against ali, and he is assassinated in 661. The end of the era that we call the rashidon a caliphsk. It was was a very rocky, rough time, but it was the period in which islam first turned out from arabia and became an imperial force.
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