Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World
… his kinship with Muhammad and his service to Islam. 'Ali's assassination in 661 represented the continuation of a … and in the following year arranged for the enthronement of King Faysal, the son of Sharif Husayn of Mecca, as King of Iraq. Not until 2003 did Iraqi Shi'i religious …