Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in Medina, in modern day Saudi Arabia. Muslims who wanted to select his ...

The conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims remains one of the central features shaping the political and religious dynamics of the Middle East. Rooted in Islamic history since the 7th century ...

The conflicts between Shia and Sunni Muslims go back ... They also both share the holy book of the Quran. But, whereas Sunni Muslims rely on the Sunnah, a record of the teachings and sayings ...