Did he think the Mudslimes were going to forget about him? Shiites and Sunnis have been killing each over a stupid dispute that started 1,400 years ago.
Yeppers.
Notice how NPR/CNN/MSNBC also avoid elaborating about the the bigotry Shiite/Summi.
Just as they “don’t know the motive” of the Muslim-on-Muslim crimes that targeted in NM recently.
Or the half a million dead which has also to do with Shiite/Alewite vs Sunni in Syria...
It wasn’t and isn’t a “stupid dispute”.
It started as a war of succession; who would be the next ruler if a burgeoning Islamic state.
But since then Sunnis has become quite divergent from Shia.
Sunnis are “scripture only” ie they adhere only to the Quran + the Hadiths + the Sirah.
Shia have interpreters of the Scriptures like
1. The largest group, the 12er Shia’s who are in iran have AyatollahS.
2. Syedna Bohris have a Suedna who interpreted that jihad is no longer needed so they are non violent.
3. Ismailis who have the Aga khan, who interpreted the same as the Syedna