Abstract
The Muslims who settled in the Fertile Crescent and those who converted to Islam did not retain a unique Muslim identity. A power struggle over succession eventually bifurcated Muslims into Sunna and Shīa. This conflict started at the beginning of the reign of the fourth caliph, Alī (656–661), between the Prophet Muhammad’s family and his companions over the right to rule the new Muslim world.
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Tomass, M. (2016). Formation of Muslim Sectarian Identities. In: The Religious Roots of the Syrian Conflict. Twenty-First Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137525710_6
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