The sectarian strife in Iraq is a manifestation of the contest between Sunni Islam and the Shia that has its origins in the decades after the death of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Here is Sheikh Abdul Hakim Murad on the issue:
The difference between Shia and Sunni
July 10th, 2007 | Baybers | Uncategorized
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There is an even better lecture about the religious differences here by Sheikh Abu Ameenah Bilal Phillips
here
What does he mean there is no doctrinal differences? As i understand the Shiites concept of Tawhid is at conflict with ours?
Actually what he said was that the Shia began as a political faction, and only later developed their profound doctrinal differences.
Although I am inclined to agree with the shaykh, I am sure Shi’i scholars will present a different history.
Indeed.
‘There are three kinds of truth. My truth, your truth, and THE truth’. – No idea who.
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