Deep Schisms?

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WALLACE TOM Jr. (2015) Refuting Islam, The Christian Patriots Guide to Exposing the Evils of Islam, Bellingham, Fundamental Publishers.

Chapter 8: Use Their Words Against Them

Mr. Wallace writes that Muhammad's death led to deep schisms within the followers of Islam. (61). There was a dispute over succession. (61).

The Shi'ites believed that the Caliph (successor to Muhammad) should be of the Prophet's bloodline. (61).

The Sunni's believed that it was the will of Allah to choose a successor and that it was not dependent on bloodline. (61).

Mr. Wallace explains that further divisions arose over interpretations of Islamic law. (61). Schools of Islamic Jurisprudence. (61). Schools of law, also called madhhah.

Sunni

Shafi'i
Hanafi
Maliki
Hanbali

Shi' a

Ja ' fari
Zaydi

(61).

Mr. Wallace opines that eight out of ten Muslims follow Sunni doctrine. (62). The earliest and largest school of Islamic law was Shafi', within this tradition. (62). It is also considered the most orthodox. (62). In modern times the largest school is  Hanafi. (62). This may be deemed as a reformed form of Islamic law according to Mr. Wallace.

The Manual of Islamic Sacred Law, entitled 'Reliance of the Traveller' (ROT) was translated into English by an American Islamic scholar. (62). It was originally written in the 14 century.

The original author was Shihabuddin Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn an-Naqib al-Misri (1302–1367).

Islam, like all major world religions, has a contextual and religious development. It should be noted that Islam developed originally in Arabia in the 7th Century, seven centuries after the origins and development of the New Testament. Islamic interpretation and revision of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament doctrines should be evaluated with an understanding that Islam developed in a different historical era, and within a different culture and religious culture. The radically different theology within Islam in comparison to Biblical Christianity on several core doctrines, such as the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the atonement and resurrection, serves as primary evidence of a different concept of God and a different religion.

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