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The Shiites believed that the Umayyads did what

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The Shiites believed that the Umayyads: should not be in power

The shiites believed that those should be in power should came from the lineagae of the phropet (Arabic ethnicity is a must). Umayyads on the other hands believes that those in power should be the one that best qualified for the position and most of the Umayyads came drom Turkish lineage.
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