Which was the original difference between the sunnis and the shias? a. they disagreed on the content of the five pillarsb. they disagreed on the role of sharia in muslim societyc. they disagreed on the roles of imams in the islamic religiond. they disagreed on who should have succeeded muhammad

D) is the correct answer.

The original difference between the Sunnis and the Shias was they disagreed on who should have succeeded Muhammad .

About 15% of Muslims belong to Shiism. They are in favor of which the caliphs (responsible of the government) must be descendants of the prophet Muhammad and that the correct successory line is the one drawn up by Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.

On the other hand the Sunnies are the main branch of Islam and, although they coincide in the majority of the religious aspects with the Shiites, they do not agree with the premise on the line of succession of the Caliphs. Generally the countries belonging to Sunism have governments elected according to criteria specific to each particular population.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)

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