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...majority backed the Prophet's friend Abu Bakr, who duly became Caliph. Ali would eventually become the fourth Caliph before being murdered in A.D. 661 by a heretic near Kufa, now in Iraq. The succession was once again disputed, and this time it led to a formal split. The majority backed the claim of Mu'awiyah, Governor of Syria, and his son Yazid. Ali's supporters, who would eventually be known collectively as Shi'at Ali, or partisans of Ali, agitated for his son Hussein. When the two sides met on a battlefield near modern Karbala...
...would raise the daily death toll from the scores to the hundreds--to say nothing of the escalation that would come if neighboring countries became involved, Iran backing the Shi'ite militias, Arab states sponsoring the Sunnis. Such a war could continue for years, with each sectarian community splitting into smaller factions led by rival warlords. In Baghdad, the ethnic cleansing would continue to its logical conclusion, with the city split into a Shi'ite east and a Sunni west...
...goal is to get the series split,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said, “Penn has arguably two of the leading Ivy Player of the Year [contenders]; the pride of our team is based on continuing what we did well against them. If that means playing spoiler, that?...
...band’s personality problem stems from lead singer and lyricist Paul Smith. He’s dreamy enough to be a frontman, but he’s saddled with an unblinking intensity that can’t help but unnerve fawning girls. While his winsome lyrics bring Split Enz to mind, his clenched, discomfiting stage presence recalls Joy Division’s Ian Curtis. Whether or not you want to move closer, you’re drawn in—as promised, Maxïmo burns through hooks at their own light-speed velocity. The verses are obliquely...
...injury of yet another setback in what has become the Ivy League’s most hostile environment, the Crimson (10-14, 3-7 Ivy) had to endure the insult of the Ivy League championship trophy being presented at halftime to Yale’s football team, which split the league title with Princeton. The crowd roared when Bulldogs football coach Jack Siedlecki announced that the real reason the team was there was to watch Yale beat Harvard again—an allusion to his squad’s 34-13 win in Cambridge this past November?...