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In this gripping narrative history, lesley hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the sunni and shia branches of islam, isbn. Hazleton has reported from jerusalem for time, and has written on the middle east for numerous publications including the new york times. Sunni have caliphs who are more like organization leader while the shia have imams who are considered much more spiritual beings than the caliphs. The political traditions of mohammed political islam. The epic story of the shiasunni split doubleday, 2009. Why we need to read after the prophet amidst todays. Why we need to read after the prophet amidst todays shiasunni divide. The extraordinary life of the man who founded islam, and the world he inhabitedand remade. Sunni and shia, highly educated and illiterate no matter what muslim and western apologists try to tell us. Download file pdf after the prophet by lesley hazleton.
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