Used as the religious origin story for the split between those who required leadership from Muhammad's bloodline and those who accepted competent faithful leadership.
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Sunni-Shia succession dispute
Used as the religious origin story for the split between those who required leadership from Muhammad's bloodline and those who accepted competent faithful leadership.
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"So this rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia took three forms. The first form is religious. So even though they're both Muslim countries, Islamic..."
"The Shia people believe that only people who are the leaders of the religion will succeed. Only the person who can become the leader,..."
"...to ten years this conflict conflict is driven not just by disputes among these countries, it's mainly driven by internal civil discord within these..."
"...you think that there's something wrong with my logic if you dispute what I say then raise a question and then my wife will..."
"...is the supreme leader of Iran. Now there are arguments and disputes about as to what happened. The Americans initially said that they had..."
"...fighting, but by disputation. If you win over them in a dispute, then it will be proper for you to sit next to the..."
"...conflict and the way they said they often settle this uh dispute or debate is for human sacrifice okay so if your faction lost..."
"...you want to sue someone or if you have a contract dispute, you have to go to a lawyer. Okay? The lawyer is collecting..."
"...a lot of problems, right? So the way to settle the dispute is I would give your family money because money was symbolically meant..."
"So the way to settle the dispute is I would give your family money. Because money was symbolically meant to say, I'm sorry, I..."
"...these places come into conflict and war, the way they settle disputes is the losing party, their god becomes their servant to the winning..."
"...these places come into conflict and war, the way they settle disputes is the losing party, their god becomes their servant to the winning..."
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