After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam Fiction_Gift_Guide Machen's weird tales of the

Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics

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After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam Fiction_Gift_Guide Machen's weird tales of theIn this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam. Fascinating. . . . Lively and engaging. . . . Anyone seeking to understand todays Middle East can learn from this book."Seattle Times Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic nation had begun, beginning a succession crisis marked by power grabs,