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Sunni and Shi'a

How the split began

One faith, one question about leadership, and two answers.

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The split began as a question: who should lead after the Prophet? Today most Muslims, roughly 85 to 90 percent, are Sunni. Most of the rest are Shi'a. They share the Qur'an, the Prophet, prayer, fasting and Hajj.

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