What was the source of the
conflict between different
groups of Muslims?

There are two different types of muslims: the sunni muslims and the shiite muslims. the source of conflict that these two muslim groups disagree on is the prophet muhammad’s sucession. the shiites believe that the prophet muhammad should have been succeeded by his son-in-law, while the sunnis believe that the leadership of the muslims should be passed down via hereditary succession.

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