<P> Sunni Islam and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam . Their division traces back to a schism following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the year 632AD . A dispute over succession to Muhammad as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world , which led to the Battle of Jamal and Battle of Siffin . The dispute intensified greatly after the Battle of Karbala , in which Hussein ibn Ali and his household were killed by the ruling Umayyad Caliph Yazid I , and the outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community . </P>
<P> Sunni Islam and Shia Islam are the two major denominations of Islam . Their division traces back to a schism following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the year 632AD . A dispute over succession to Muhammad as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world , which led to the Battle of Jamal and Battle of Siffin . The dispute intensified greatly after the Battle of Karbala , in which Hussein ibn Ali and his household were killed by the ruling Umayyad Caliph Yazid I , and the outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community . </P>
when did islam split between sunni and shiite
when did islam split between sunni and shiite
632AD
632AD