false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256137637m/6533039.jpg 6533039 1 <b>Narrative history at its most compelling, <i>After the Prophet</i> relates the dramatic tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between Shia and Sunni Islam.</b><br><br>Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over his successor had begun. Pitting the family of his favorite wife, the controversial Aisha, against supporters of his son-in-law, the philosopher-warrior Ali, the struggle would reach its breaking point fifty years later in Iraq, when soldiers of the first Sunni dynasty massacred seventy-two warriors led by Muhammad's grandson Hussein at Karbala. Hussein's agonizing ordeal at Karbala was soon to become the Passion story at the core of Shia Islam.<br><br>Hazleton's vivid, gripping prose provides extraordinary insight into the origins of the world's most volatile blend of politics and religion. Balancing past and present, she shows how these seventh-century events are as alive in Middle Eastern hearts and minds today as though they had just happened, shaping modern headlines from Iran's Islamic Revolution to the civil war in Iraq. <br><br><i>After the Prophet</i> is narrative nonfiction at its finest, and an emotional and political revelation for Western readers. 6725167 15 9 2009 After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam total:7|5:3|4:3|3:1|2:0|1:0| 7 30 52 6 5 2 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Sep 24 12:20:53 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 10:27:11 -0800 2009
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