After the death of Muhammad the Muslim community split. Why and how did this occur?

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Kyle Morse · Answer 1 · 2023-10-08T12:25:39+0000

Answer:The divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced. Today, about 85 percent of the approximately 1.6 billion Muslims around the world are Sunni, while 15 percent are Shia, according to an estimate by the Council on Foreign Relations

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