Sunni-Shi'a Divide
Naser, Adan Umayyah
The world of Islam divides into two main sects with different theological approaches to God that vary at key points in doctrine. The American experience in Iraq since 2003 has spotlighted these key differences, yet few understand their origins. Most
works, even those by specialists, construe the division as reaching back to the early formative years of Islam-which it does in some respects-but many do not realize how long it took for the import...