Islam religion outwardly seems as a single sect & generally all its followers are called Muslims. But reality lies somewhere else.

Undoubtedly, Muslims are one in following the basic principles such as one Allah (God), One Quraan, One Hajj, and Namaz (Prayer) for five times a day, Roza (Fast) & Zakaat. Usually all the Muslims who have religious attitude try to follow these basic principles. But in reality, Islam religion that seems one, as historical paradoxes go on, is divided in 73 different sects. The two sects - shiites & sunnies, are the major sects. Besides the shiites & the sunnies, many different groups can be seen in them. As there is no confusion in the different groups about these five basic principles so one thing is clear that during its origin period Islam was one sect & not divided in many groups.

According to Islamic history, Hazrat Mohammad was founder of Islam. After his death, from time to time, there were new controversies to guide Islam. The followers of the religious leaders of that time started to form the different sects. The differences for the religious leadership & attempts to form different groups is seen in other religions also. The result of these attempts helped in the formation of the shia & the sunni groups. After Mohammad Sahib had left for the heavenly abode, a group of Muslims accepted Hazrat Ali, who was nephew & son-in-law too, the most near & the most trustworthy of Hazrat Mohammad, as leader of the Islam & according to the Islamic tardyons, the first Imam. On the other side, some near ones of Hazrat Mohammad, instead of accepting the Imamat regime, announced the Khilafat regime & brought forward four Islamic Khalifas (chiefs), one after another, before the Islamic world. They were Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Omar, Hazrat Usmaan & after that Hazrat Ali. It was done in the capacity of their being as the Islamic leaders. Here one thing to be noticed is that the followers of Khilafat regime (The Sunnies) accepted Hazrat Ali as their fourth Khalifa whereas the followers of Imamat regime (Shiites) didn't agree to the formation of Khilafat in Islam. Thus started the shia & the sunni groups in Islam. The followers of Khilafat were called sunnies whereas the followers of the tradition of Imamat were called shiites.

Anyhow, Islam got divided into 73 groups in the long journey of its 1450 years. But mainly the shiites & the sunnies were the strong opponents of each other. Even, there had been many bloody conflicts between them & are still going on there. Undoubtedly the word 'Islamic terrorism' has been brought to the common man after the event of 9/11, by media & by opponents of Islam. But, in reality, terrorism in Islam made its place, hundreds of years ago, as the result of the shia-sunni struggle. The shia-sunni sects have been shedding the blood of each other in the countries like Iraq, Pakistan & India too. Because of these community struggles, many different organizations have come into existence. Even different terrorist organizations have been set up. The aim of these organizations is to kill the members of other organizations & spread terrorism.

A very unfortunate aspect of this event is that in the name of shia & sunni, the quack religious leaders of both the communities have tried to worsen the issue. For the last one thousand years, the quacks of both these communities, have been making inciting speeches against the other. They state some false & some true stories, among their followers in such a way that the followers of other community may be insulted & in this way they try to prove that their own side is true & near to reality. I feel nothing bad to state that the quacks of both the communities have widened the difference of the shiites & the sunnies as only source of their bread & butter. Because of this selfish attitude, lakhs of shiites & sunnies have been killed in conflicts.