Topic: Sufi

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The murder of the third caliph, Uthman, led to the permanent schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims. While the religion is experiencing a population boom, its global power has been in decline since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Jay Dyer points out that Islam continues to practice circumcision as a "Judaizing" ritual without a clear theological purpose beyond arbitrary obedience.