Prophet's Dilemma: The Sunni Shia Split Part 1
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Suni Shia Divide
The suni shia divide has been betrayed somewhat disingenuously by the media in recent years. It's been painted with a broad sloppy brush, characterized as this eternal sectarian civil war that's been raging non stop for centuries. For most of their history, the two branches have lived in relative peace with one another. The divergence in these two competing orthodoxies can be traced back to what is essentially a heated family dispute in the seventh century. Aisha was 12 years old when her father told her that she would be getting married. Just the idea of an unexpected engagement like this makes 20 first century ears bristle.
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