The religion of Islam starts with the prophet Muhammad. Muhammad was born around 570 A.D. and eventually rejected polytheism.
This was the beginning of Muhammad's belief in Allah, and also the beginning of his revelations. Around 600 A.D. Muhammad began to have revelations about different beliefs and teachings. He then taught these lessons to his followers and they were recorded into the Qu'ran
After his death around 632 A.D., the issue of who the leader of Islam would be began to separate the people.
Shi'ite and Sunni
The people were separated into two main tribes; the Shi'ite and the Sunni. The Sunni believe that the leaders of Islam would be elected into power. However, the Shi'ite wanted to follow Muhammad's bloodline in determining the next leaders of Islam. While Sunni's are the most common type of muslim; countries such as Iran are still dominated by the Shi'ite.
The Sunni's also are considered to be the followers of the prophet's ways, while the Shi'ite interpret the religion in a drastically different way.
Source: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/religion/islam/history.html
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I didn't know that there were subgroups of followers of the Islamic religion. It intersting that people practicing the same religion can hold such different viewpoints
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