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The Sunna and Shi'a in History: Division and Ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East is a 2011 edited academic volume published by Palgrave Macmillan. The book is edited by Ofra Bengio and Meir Litvak and examines the historical development of relations between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims from the early Islamic period to the contemporary Middle East. The volume emphasizes both patterns of division and periods of coexistence and ecumenical engagement, offering a historically grounded and interdisciplinary perspective on sectarian relations in Islamic societies. Continue ...

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-[[File:نماز جمعه.jpg|175px|frameless|right|The Friday Prayer]]
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-'''Ummah (Arabic: أمة‎ [ˈʊmmæ])''' is an Arabic word meaning "community". It is distinguished from shaʻb (شعب [ʃæ'b]), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national community with a common history.
+* '''''[[The Sunna and Shi'a in History: Division and Ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East (Book report)|The Sunna and Shi'a in History: Division and Ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East]]''''' is a 2011 edited academic volume published by [[Palgrave Macmillan]]. The book is edited by [[Ofra Bengio]] and [[Meir Litvak]] and examines the historical development of relations between [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam|Shi'a]] Muslims from the early Islamic period to the contemporary Middle East. The volume emphasizes both patterns of division and periods of coexistence and ecumenical engagement, offering a historically grounded and interdisciplinary perspective on sectarian relations in Islamic societies. <span id="mp-more">[[The Sunna and Shi'a in History: Division and Ecumenism in the Muslim Middle East (Book report)|'''Continue
-It is a synonym for ummat al-Islām (أمة الإسلام, 'the Islamic community'), and it is commonly used to mean the collective community of Islamic people. In the Quran the ummah typically refers to a single group that shares common religious beliefs, specifically those that are the objects of a divine plan of salvation. <ref>Houtsma, M. Th (1987). E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936. Brill. pp. 125–126. ISBN 9004082654. </ref>  In the context of pan-Islamism and politics, the word ummah can be used to mean the concept of a Commonwealth of the Believers (أمة المؤمنين ummat al-muʼminīn).
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