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In Jiang's explanation of Dante's medieval frame, Muhammad is treated as the founder of a Christian heresy and Ali as the figure whose line produced the Sunni-Shia schism.
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Sunni
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...division among the islamic faith between the shia muslims and the sunni muslims okay the shia muslims believe that only an ancestor so only..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...division among the islamic faith between the shia muslims and the sunni muslims okay the shia muslims believe that only an ancestor so only..."
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The speaker identifies religion as the first form of the Saudi-Iranian rivalry, grounding it in the Sunni-Shia succession dispute after Muhammad's death.
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The speaker defines Wahhabism as the extreme Sunni form practiced in Saudi Arabia and says its 1744 alliance with the Al Saud family exchanged national religious status for allegiance to the dynasty.
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"...division among the islamic faith between the shia muslims and the sunni muslims okay the shia muslims believe that only an ancestor so only..."
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"supreme leader and the sunnis believe no that's not necessarily the case okay and that caused a massive schism which continues to today okay..."
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"...they have different versions of the religion. So Saudi Arabia is Sunni and Iran is Shiite. Now you may ask what the difference between..."
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"...of Muhammad's bloodline, can be the leaders of the religion. The Sunni disagreed and said that anyone who proved himself competent and faithful to..."
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"...is all makes sense so far, okay? Now, Saudi Arabia is Sunni, and it practices the most extreme form of Sunni religion called Wahhabism,..."
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"the Wahhabis, okay, which again are the most extreme Islamic group, made an alliance with the Al -Assad family of Saudi Arabia. And the..."
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"...Tehran because the government in Tehran is Shia and they are Sunnis, okay? So you have these two... Okay. major point vectors of attack..."
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"...can lead the Muslim world, can become caliph. Okay. And the Sunni Muslims, who are the majority in the Muslim world, don't believe that...."
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"And Saudi Arabia is the center of the Sunni Muslim world. And Iran is the center of the Shia Muslim world. And so what..."
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"...want to stop this war. We don't choose between Shia and Sunni. We consider the Muslim world as our potential great partner and friend...."
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"...between the persians and arabs it seems like there are some sunni shia conflict they're probably going to try to pin it similar to..."
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"...bombing al -aqsa mosque even though it's a holy site for sunni and shias it's the the third holy city jerusalem and al -aqsa..."
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