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Soon after Muhammad's death, the Muslim world split into what two groups?

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Sunnis and Shiites. Muslims split into two groups because after Muhammad died, they didn't agree on who should second him. One side thought it should be his next closest family member and the other thought it should be Muhammad's advisor. So they split and had different leaders.
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