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Tag: Caliphate

Sunni Caliphate and Shiite Imamate

Posted on June 21, 2014August 15, 2020 by Sufyan bin Uzayr
The Growth of Caliphate until 750 CE

So Iraq is in turmoil, and a full-fledged sectarian conflict between Sunnis and Shiites looks imminent. Probably, USA will need to interfere yet again (there’s oil at stake, after all), and the inefficiency of Nouri al-Maliki’s rule has been exposed. However, beyond all that, something else is worth discussing here. The message and motives of… Read more Sunni Caliphate and Shiite Imamate

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