The History of the Sunni and Shia Split: Understanding the Divisions within Islam

*Includes pictures
*Discusses the political and religious history of both main branches of Islam
*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading

"Our followers are of three kinds, one who follows us but depends on others, one who is like a glass involved in his own reflections, but the best are those who are like gold, the more they suffer the more they shine." - Muhammad al-Baqir

Different branches of the same religion are the exception more than the rule, and they have had a profou...