Dziko Muslim, kuyambira masiku a oyambirira m'mbiri ya Islam, lagawidwa malangizo awiri achipembedzo - ndi Sunni ndi Shia. M'zaka za m'ma VII, nthawi yomweyo pambuyo pa imfa ya Mohammed kwambiri, chisumbu anakhala funso la amene idzagwira Muslims onse Arab Caliphate. Ena (Sunnis) kuthandizana wa bambo Muhammad ndi mkazi wake Aisha - Abu Bakrn. Other (Shiites) ankanena kuti kukhala m'malo wa Mtumiki angakhoze kokha wachibale. Iwo ananena kuti aphedwe Muhammad anamuika wolowa ndi msuweni wake ndi mkamwini Ali lapamtima. Choncho kwa nthawi yoyamba panali gulu la Islam. Chifukwa, ife anapambana otsatira a Abu Bakrn. Ngakhale kuti kwa kanthawi Ali anapatsidwa udindo wa Caliph chachinayi, ndipo ngakhale malamulo a Arab Caliphate.
Kwa kanthawi Sunnis ndi Shiites anakhalabe asapita ndale. Komabe, mu 680 chaka kugawanika pakati Asilamu kwambiri. mfundo ndi yakuti mu Karbala (masiku ano Iraq), anapezeka akufa mwana wa Ali Hussein. Ambanda anali asirikali a Caliph kulamulira, yemwe anali woimirira wa Sunnis. Kenako kuyang'anira za ulamuliro wa olamulira Sunni. Shiites anali kukhala mu mithunzi ndi motsogozedwa ndi Imams, amene 12 anali mbadwa mwachindunji Ali. Masiku ano, Sunnis - ndi lalikulu nthambi ya boma. Iwo amapanga ambiri Aslam. Shia - ochepa (10%). kayendedwe awo achipembedzo kufalikira mu dziko Arab (kupatula Africa North), Iran (kumene malo awo), Azerbaijan, penapake Afghanistan, Tajikistan, India ndi Pakistan.
Choncho kusiyanitsa Sunnis ku Shiites? Onse nthambi achipembedzo ochokera kwa Mneneri Muhammad. Komabe, pa nthawi, chifukwa gulu la chipembedzo chawo akukhala kusiyana kwambiri. Pakali pano, ndi Sunnis ndi Shias amakhulupirira Mulungu mmodzi Allah ndi Mtumiki Muhammad ankamuona mtumiki pa dziko lapansi. Amaopa ndi mtima wonse kutsatira mizati isanu (mwambo mwambo wa Islam), kuwerenga pemphero kasanu ndi tsiku, kusala pa Ramadani, ndi kuzindikira okha lemba la Koran.
Shiites komanso ulemu Korani ndi Mtumiki Wamkulu. Koma si pobvomereza. Ansembe awo ndi kumasulira zochita ndi zonena za Muhammad. Komanso, Shiites amakhulupirira kuti Imams awo - anthu a Mulungu padziko lapansi, kuti wotsiriza wa Imam akhumi panopa "chobisika kwa aliyense," koma tsiku lina Iye adzabwera kukwaniritsa chifuniro cha Mulungu. Chachikulu kusiyana pakati pa Sunnis ku Shiites kuti, kuwonjezera pa Qur'an, ngakhale wonse motsogozedwa ndi Sunnah, ziphunzitso Mtumiki. akonzedwa Izi malamulo kuti Muhammad anali lagona pa moyo wake. Iwo akutanthauzira iwo kwenikweni. Nthawi zina kumachitika m'njira kwambiri. Mwachitsanzo, Afghanistan, ndi Taliban kulabadira ngakhale kuti kukula kwa ndevu anthu, chifukwa chirichonse chinkayenera kuti kumvera malamulo a Sunnah. Sunnis kwambiri kuganizira Shiites, "koipa kwa anthu," achikunja "Osakhulupirira." Iwo amakhulupirira kuti kupha Shia - ndi njira kumwamba.
Sunnis ndi Shiites mobwerezabwereza kukhetsa mwazi wina ndi mzake. Mikangano yaitali kwambiri dziko Muslim si kwambiri pa udani pakati pa Israel ndi Aluya, kapena Asilamu ndi West, koma yaitali magulu a mkati mwa Islam yokha.