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What led to the schism between Sunni and shi'a

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The Partisans Of Ali

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The original split between Sunnis and Shiites occurred soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, in the year 632. "There was a dispute in the community of Muslims in present-day Saudi Arabia over the question of succession," says Augustus Norton, author of Hezbollah: A Short History.

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