The Sunni-Shia antagonism

This study presents the doctrinal and dogmatic differences related to Sunni-Shia antagonism. The Sunni-Shia dispute is a historical religious dispute between the two largest Islamic denominations. To a very large extent, it is based on the understanding of the concept of “sect” used for centuries by Sunni theologians of the Shiite school of dogma. It was not until the 1960s that orthodox Islam was forced to recognize the existence of a minority with which it had doctrinal and legal differences. Jafarism was the first Islamic movement that the dominant Sunni theologians recognized as part of the Islamic religion. This is after accepting the existence of Iran as a real statist establishment and a functioning legal system as a fait accompli. The restoration of diplomatic relations between two of the symbols of Sunnism and Shiism, namely Saudi Arabia and Iran, after a seven-year break, is proof that Islam in the current 21st century is different from that of the Middle Ages.