Islamic leadership
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After
Caliph) to Muhammad's political authority led eventually to the division of Islam into Sunni and Shia
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Sunni's believe that he should be elected, whereas Shia believe in divinely ordained
Imamah
doctrine.
Originally, Shi'a belief was that they should refrain from politics in the absence of one of the twelve
Velayat-e faqih) was derived by Ruhollah Khomeini
.
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