30/35 Followers who choose their leaders based on blood relationship to Muhammad, putting greater emphasis , on the authority of these leaders . and making up about 10% of the Muslim population. Shiite Sunni

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30/35 Followers who choose their leaders based on blood relationship to Muhammad, putting greater emphasis , on the authority of these leaders . and making up about 10% of the Muslim population. Shiite Sunni

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Shiite. Shia Muslims believe that leadership should have passed directly to Ali, Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, and his descendants. This emphasis on bloodline is the central difference between Shia and Sunni Islam.

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30/35 Followers who choose their leaders based on blood relationship to Muhammad, putting greater emphasis , on the authority of these leaders . and making up about 10% of the Muslim population. Shiite Sunni

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