"When Mohammed died, a group of Muslim leaders chose a new leader, whom they called the caliph, or ""successor to Mohammed.""  Two of the early caliphs were murdered.  A new caliph then founded the Umayyad Caliphate.  Most Muslims, known as Sunnis, followed the new caliph.  A small group of Shiite Muslims decided that only Mohammed's descendants could be caliphs.  The division between Sunnis and Shiites remains to this day."
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