i can explain it if you want. @Maddie

i know some of it but go ahead because theres definitely a lot i dont know

so back when muhammad was alive

there weren't shia, sunni and other groups

after some wars and conquests

spreading islam

muhammed died

and the rashid caliphate began

Abu Bakir ruled first as muhammed assigned him

2nd caliphate was Omar ibn Alkhattab

3rd one was Othman bin Affan

and the 4th and last one was Ali bin abi Taleb ( muhammed's cousin)

muslim confirmed

and back during the Rashid caliphate they assigned the caliph with a council that choose them

however there was 1 count that really wanted the caliphate, Muawiyyah I which overthrew Ali and tricked him

the Shia are the group that believe that Ali was still the Legitimate caliph

while Sunnis followed Muawiyyah

the event was also known as the 1st Fitna

which is a series of a few battles and an arbitration where Ali was basically robbed from his caliphate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fitna

@Maddie and that's it

thank you

most schools of thought in islam happened because of incidents like that

where they argued about who should be the caliphate

where did wahhabism come from

or however its spelled

wahhabism was a group of sunnis that followed Muhammed bin Abd Alwahhab during the 18th century

which was a religious sheikh that researched the religion

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he advocated violent methods and false? (at least in my opinion) interpertations of the Quran

i guess you could say they're an ethnic nationalist ultra conservative Muslims. @Maddie

vaguely put.

yeah i figured a s much

they seem to be the most dangerous group

well

the most radical are always the most dangerous

muslim or not.

thats true

i meant of muslims

hm

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