The reason there has been a split into different branches is due to differences in belief about who was the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Muslim community after his ...

What Is Abu Bakr, The First Caliph? Muhammad was born into an Arabia characterized by tribal factionalism.

For Sunni Muslims the Shahadah is: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah." Shi’a Muslims add an extra phrase to the Shahadah: "And Ali is the friend of God." This shows ...

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that US Special Forces killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State, during a raid in the Idlib province of Syria on Saturday.