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Teknevra (She/Her) @lemmy.world to Progressive_Islam@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 days ago

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Teknevra (She/Her) @lemmy.world to Progressive_Islam@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 days ago

I am a new Muslim, I have been learning as much as I can, but I had a question about the main two branches Sunni and Shia.

I believe the main difference is in who was meant to lead the Islamic empire after the Prophet Muhammad died (Peace and blessings be upon him).

I may be wrong on this though.

So essentially I was wondering the main differences and how to know which branch I should follow?

As a convert with just a small Muslim community in the area I have no real ties or direction to either in terms of culturally.

So unless I am mistaken it is more or less up to me to decide which branch to follow.

Any answers or help would be greatly appreciated, on the differences and/or help to know which branch I would align with.

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