Hazleton, Lesley, 1945-

After the prophet/ the epic story of the Shia-Sunni split in Islam / Lesley Hazleton - New York : Anchor books, 2009 - 239 p. : ill.; 20 cm

In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the sunni and shia branches of islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever.

9780385523943


Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 --Death and burial.
ʻĀʼishah, approximately 614-678.
ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661.


Islam--History.
Caliphate--History.
Shīʻah--Relations--Sunnites.
Sunnites--Relations--Shīʻah.
Islamismo--Historia.

BP 55 / H431a 2009

297.8/04209