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 ... believed that Abu-Bakr, the Prophet ...

Sunni close SunniMuslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims only combine the five daily ...

He is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ... A member of an Iraqi tribe that claims lineal descent from the Prophet Muhammad, al-Baghdadi turned an early affinity for Quranic recitation into a grandiose ...

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that US Special Forces killed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ... His family claimed to descend from the Prophet Muhammad's tribe, which made it possible for ...