THE SHIA-SUNNI DIVIDE

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THE SHIA-SUNNI DIVIDE

Author Name: CHANDER MEHRA | Format: Paperback | Genre : Religion & Spirituality | Other Details

Sunni Islam and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam. They chose sides following the death of the prophet Muhammad in AD 632. A dispute over succession to the prophet as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world, which led to the Battle of Jamal and Battle of Siffin. The dispute intensified greatly after the Battle of Karbala, in which Hussein ibn Ali and his household were killed by the ruling Umayyad Caliph Yazid I, and the outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community. The book deals with the origin of the dispute between Shia's and Sunnis and also deals with the current scenario.

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CHANDER MEHRA

Chander Mehra, 84, a low-profile veteran, distinguished himself as Africa Bureau Chief of The Statesman, Training Editor of Nation Media Group, Kenya, and Africa representative of the media freedom watchdog International Press Institute as well as Guest Professor at the Post-graduate School of Journalism - without winning any accolades. He has re-launched himself after long illness, with some excellent books including Corruption” Dealing with the Devil, and The Curse of Money-Laundering, and more on the way. Detained once during the Emergency, and thrice by African tyrants, he has interviewed Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Chandrashekhar and several African leaders. He is respected for his proclivity to pick controversial subjects for his books and commentaries. Mr. Mehra also edited the manuscript of Jayaprakash Narayan’s Total Revolution. Indira Gandhi had him detained for doing so. He writes for fulfilment. not fame and fortune, controversial without malice, in quest for excellence, without being rewarded.