15-F-0940_DOC_05_CSBA-LTSG_Sunni-Shia_Divide_Origins_Theology_Geopolitics_200701.pdf

The Sunni-Shi'a Divide: Origins, Theology, and Geopolitics in the Past and Present by (3)(6) Long Term Strategy Group The views, author, and sh d/or findings contained i t ose of the strued as ot ic nt of Defense position, policy or decision. (b)(4) January 2007 -- 1 of 41 -- -- 2 of 41 -- CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 THE ORIGINS OF THE SUNNI-SHI'A SPLIT 3 The Martyrdom of Husayn and the Consolidation of the Shi'a 5 Basic Disputes: the Caliphs, Muslim Harmony, Figure of Ali, Nature of the Quran...