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History of Islam, Part 3 of 5: Murder of Uthman (2015x8)

Exibido em:: Jul 05, 2015

In the first and second parts of the History of Islam, we talked about the establishment of the Caliphate by the First Caliph, Abu Bakr, and the expansion and implementation of reforms by the Second Caliph, Umar. Before Umar’s death, a committee known as the ‘Shura’ was established with the purpose of selecting a new Caliph and seeking the approval of the Muslim community, known as the ‘Ummah’. In the next election, the two leading candidates were Uthman and Ali. In the end, Uthman was elected as the Third Caliph. Even though Uthman was, in his own words, “not an innovator”, he certainly was a reformer.