things seem to realize you witness history in the making. hello i'm daryn jordan and with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the palestinian group islamic jihad says a ceasefire has been agreed with israel in gaza after 2 days of cross border fighting egypt has been mediating between the 2 sides the escalation began after a senior leader and islamic jihad was killed in an israeli air strike al-jazeera masson has more from western lucilla. it is being widely reported in the media it is expected to have gone in to have begun about all 530 local time this morning we have teams both in gaza 3 'd on both the israeli border with the team in gaza

has been telling us that since that time they've have rockets 'd and explosions in the side the guys at the team on the israeli border with gaza has been saying that sirens have been sounding in the areas which are close to the border now we should stress that whenever there has been a cease fire in the past this is the pattern that does occur that it takes time for the details and the notifications of the cease fire to be put into place to park early and therefore if there is a 4 lessening in attacks it usually takes a little bit of time for that to take place as far as the details of the actual cease fire itself are concerned we are hearing that islamic jihad has agreed to stop firing rockets into israel and it's also going to make sure that protests along the gaza border are peaceful for its part as you know says that they will no

longer do targeted killings 'd has committed to stop shooting protesters at the border fence. the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into u.s. president donald trump has ended united states acting ambassador in ukraine said he was told that trump had more about an investigation into his rival job biden and he did about ukraine. found it confusing an unusual arrangement for making u.s. policy toward ukraine there appeared to be 2 channels of u.s. policy making in implementation one regular and one highly irregular well donald trump was dismissive of what he's there what he called a witch hunt. i hear it's a joke i haven't watched i have a watch for one minute because i've been with the president which is much more important as far as i'm concerned this is a sham and shouldn't be allowed it was a situation that was caused by people that shouldn't have allowed it to happen who want to find out who is the whistleblower because the whistleblower gave

a lot of very incorrect information including my call with the president of ukraine which was a perfect all or trump made those comments during a meeting with his turkish counterpart in washington both leaders emphasize the strength of the relationship that's despite recent differences a policy is in syria and turkey's purchase of a russian missile defense system. you know legitimacy we all agree we need to extend our cooperation and that turkish american relations should be built upon a strong foundation you should remain resolved in order to open a new chapter in our relations which are in full compliance with out deeply rooted alliance we have together stated our will to fight terrorist organizations imposing a clear and present danger upon our national security. is experiencing a 4th consecutive day of midweek protests. tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators are rallying across the city major transport routes have been forced

to close schools have also been shut the u.s. has formally recognized bolivia's interim leader but there's widespread opposition to the appointment of janeen. to protestors were killed in her 1st full day in office she took over after adam around as resigned on a sunday. and the 1st case of a boner has been reported in listen to a woman was diagnosed in larry bay an outbreak further north of the democratic republic of congo has claimed more than 2000 lives and egypt's health ministry says 7 people have been killed after an oil pipeline caught fire on wednesday people had gathered to collect leaking fuel in containers before the fire began. well those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the calif divisions that so much about enough.

the caliph. a form of rule in a slam. that lasted for almost 13 centuries. from the death of the prophet muhammad. to the overthrow of the last ottoman caliph in 1924. the arabic 10 to 28th 25 which actually in essence simply means a successor or a identity. the ruler of the islamic world would call himself clifford resort and successor of goats most of. the centuries. the title of caliph is a term that has been used. at the time views. in

june 2004 to. a militant group calling itself the islamic state of iraq and the levant or i so. declared the establishment of a caliphate. they call rejected by most muslims around the world. class. meisel took root and expanded in iraq and syria. 2 countries plunged into violence by the political turmoil and foreign intervention of recent years. the turmoil revived sectarian differences that go back over 10 centuries to in song and she almost. the little bit at them is us yes you're not going to see what the d. in the sun i just miss no talking for all to sunday all tough talk is assessed on a little bit about the public i'm living as a human you know. this is the story of the great

split within islam. of how the split a rose from a dispute of who should succeed the prophet. this is the story of the common.

the mosque. outside mecca and saudi arabia. it was here in the year 622 that a delegation from the town of medina made by on a pledge of support and shelter to the prophet muhammad. shortly after he left mecca. and the great thing to medina with a group of followers. over the next 10 years muhammad built the 1st islamic state.

but in june 6th 32 the prophet died in his capital medina. leaving the young state without a leader. there's a tradition that says that the muslims on that day were like sheep on a rainy night they were frightened and huddling together and it's not clear whether or not the prophet had made any plans for his succession. within hours of the prophet's death senior figures in the most and community came to. other to choose a successor to the prophet a caliph. the debate was long and intense. it was the emigrants from mecca was prevail.

because he was chosen to be the 1st caliph in islam. and it was so with that i will leave him alone what about the fear that the any. that a belly and with no well home. min the value to him and how there was. but though they were from his tribe. not the immigrants from the prophet's close family the hashemite. the descendants of muhammad's great grandfather passion. at that time in arab society the family was understood as a much larger unit collateral lines uncles brothers cousins

and so long all considered to be part of the clan. senior among the harsher minds. muhammad's cousin husband of his one surviving don't fall to mother and father of the prophet's only living grandson has a son and the same. but when the decision to choose the caliph was taken i was busy elsewhere. at the time of the prophet's death we know that he was ali who was in charge of the payroll arrangements. as a jew to full respectful son and all cousin with caring for the prophet's body. the next day in the medina mosque i walk was given by on the oath of allegiance

by the majority of the muslim community. ali however was not one of them. what happened that day which saw the seeds of a political divide that would gradually evolve. into a deep religious. the division of a slam. into sunni and shia. if you ask a sunni or shia muslim about that moment of mohammed's death and the decision about the leadership you will get 2 very different aunts as the sunnies suggest that he hadn't actually made any clear plans for his succession eyes death the shia would say that he had and that he was to be succeeded by his 1st cousin and son in law ali. 3 months before his death.

the prophet muhammad made a famous speech here and he had the home. an ancient resting place on the route from mecca to medina. a speech that has been interpreted ever since and to very different ways. all people of forms whoever i've been mustered. island here has to be his mouth to . be the support of whoever supports him. and then enemy of whoever opposes him and they feared that through time. there's this moment where if your sunni you believe the prophet. gave ali the leadership of his family if. you believe he gave the leadership of the family but also the whole community.

the prophet speech is celebrated by to this day and. each year a feast is held on the anniversary. to commemorate what shia see as muhammad appointing ali to be his successor. but the mainstream majority the sunnis have no such friess. and no doubts about the legitimacy of a buck and the caliphs who succeeded him. shortly after becoming caliph. i will buck faced his 1st major challenge a tribal revolt against the islamic state. in

this moment of peril. chose unity over division and gave the oath of allegiance to the calif. and eman. back that caffeine limited that in more i.e. enter says shell i'm ok send it in. for the miss anna. that she hung out in with the mean while the hoofy of the set aside harbor will walk a fee was she had a kettle and the kind of slam and the hole. at the bottom. of a box room lost at just 2 years. as he lay dying he nominated almost as a successor. 10

years later and 644. almost the 2nd caliph was assassinated. while leaving don't prayers in medina. on his deathbed. he dictated how successor should be chosen. 6 of the closest companions of the prophet. would come forward together and choose one amongst. the 4 days of deliberation. was named the 3rd caliph. once again. chosen. passed over by. and then for him the man when he's. in favor of.

the new caliph came from a family of the christ tribe called the or my us. the founder of always convert to the leadership of christ. standing in his way was his uncle hashem the patriarch of the hashemite. this rivalry but would fester through the centuries. that's roots in mecca decades earlier. in the pagan years before the birth of the slack. in the year 610. in this cave outside mecca muhammad received the

1st revelation verses of the koran which set him on the path of prophecy. the emergence of a prophet among the hashemites antagonize the my it's. and their leader abu sufyan. and. another now been as a been a man. and them a lot of that with a muzzle on. darwin a noble one of the men i know and. for 12 years the maids led a campaign of persecution against muhammad and his followers in mecca. persecution which culminated in their emigration to medina and $622.00.

but when the prophet returned to conquer america. and realized resistance was futile and joined slammed. by 640 for. the rising islam it state had expanded into a vast empire. and the caliphate that come into the hands of an almighty. off money. with man was a genius but he employed far too many of his young cousins to me odds where they are stick rat of mecca and they'd been great leaders the pagan resistance and soap or making these characters who were his lovely cousins was also you know a bad political position. a rebellion erupted against off man's alleged nepotism. in 656. and after 12 years as kind of. he was killed and his house

in medina. by the un has. a sufficient lead what was at and in and the nest the half of that in a how with it at. the academy. in the muscles the. how and when i can buy that that it was had and i must the hutton islamiya the wily and yes that she. was a yahoo has you all know what i'm saddam. almost a quarter of a century after the death of the prophet. ali finally became the 4th caliph. who are bashed out of the cellar and when i was there when i let you know you knew me about it with a mind of enough than you that it. was

in my been abusive. a sham. many of us mom's relatives were hostile it's all his leadership i'm always demanded that all the 100 of the killers. the dispute quickly escalated. to strengthen his position i removed the capital from medina to his own power base in kuwait from iraq. the islamic state was now divided into. east under a hush in my calif and the west. and there are no my governor. nischelle. you some benefit in which you mean she out here on the. she out it was it will net you you know lost and that can limit she couldn't

1000 if you did you can look meant that more hot didn't win them econet had. his it forwarded what does it put. in 657. ali marched his army into syria to crush us mutiny. after days of bloody skirmishes and on the last day of the battle. the army of malia was on the 1st shock defeat. in my mind and i'm also that famous malia. malia well that often. you know. that it can. college kind of ingestion of i don't. know who was. kind of slots in another to have. water when the who had the

well i can hold a company. well that it can color that it's. little enough. to know who. covered the months achin that the foam on month at the time they have got to be met and then the cut to. these dissidents from ali's army how it is fixed on the roof this way to bring an end to the struggle. the moment was chosen fresh dawn prayers of the 27th of january 6th 61. the 17th day of the holy month of ramadan. 3 assassins made their way to 3 different places to fight for. damascus for malia and for style to egypt from.

the us saw the film the official could no longer sufficient saw the finale to be a force that it could help with saudi especially the money lead. the. not just in iraq. a holy place to she almost say. they believe is buried here. for them he is more than a colorful. he has an immense. imbued with religious authority that could be passed on only through his bloodline. so when i least that the caliphate passed to his older son. but he would not

be long in the post. kandahar some 215 hour they care and no lame. a joy there's a lot while we have there's a lot sylvia with the car hyla and yet the nazareth has an even highly and he would kill a very well camera hasa and. with a one as john our purpose yes human. form. the muskets 13 centuries ago the my capital. though the caliphate remained in the strike. it had passed from the hashemites to all my us. and there it would remain for the coming century.

the crunch point really comes late in the army's reign when he designated his son. as his successor and this was a real touch point for generating controversy and opposition. is each succession on the death of ma we are in $68.00. triggered the series of events that resonate to this day. in a defiant show of opposition hossein younger son of ali refused to pledge allegiance to his ear and set off towards mecca on pilgrimage. on the way. he began to receive messages asking him to come to iraq.

where his supporters plan to install him as caliph. he gathered together his family and decided to move to confront his father's. former capital. unfortunately for saying his plan got to the a myatt governor of iraq and he was able to block his route to the city of kuta and so hussein was trapped without substantial military support at a place called tabbouleh. and it was. in october $618.00 that hussien and his small band of supporters met their bloody fate. in middle of folly when the. hammer to the.

yanni and the math or. the hit at the. bottom of. the measure see that it anymore. he and his entourage many of his family were massacred and his head was sent to his aid into mask. each year on the anniversary of the battle of karbala age around the world marked the event in public displays of penitence and. extending sometimes even to ritual self punishment. to atone for their forebears failure to support the horsing . it's really seen as the great tragedy of islam from the she respective this is vic the great disaster is that the prophet family didn't get to take caleb failing to lead muslims. but

70 years after karbala. a revolt would finally succeed in bringing the caliphate back to the family of the prophets. the hotshots. and inspiring quest for knowledge that led to remarkable achievements al-jazeera wells meets the algerian entrepreneur. who helped pioneer competing in the arabic language and the egyptian islamic scholar honored for his contribution to arab culture both building successful lives abroad but never forgetting their roots arabs abroad the translator and the innovator on al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world

so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. you know i'm down in jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the palestinian islamic jihad says a ceasefire is now in effect in gaza that's after 2 days of cross border fighting with israel egypt has been mediating between the 2 sides to end the violence which has killed at least $32.00 palestinians rob matheson has more now from western. that is being widely reported in the media it is expected to have gone in had to have begun at about or $530.00 local time this morning we have teams both in 3 'd the on the israeli border with the team in gaza has been telling us that since that

time they've have had rockets 'd and explosions inside the guys that the team on the israeli border with gaza has been saying that sirens have been sounding in areas which are close to that border on kong as experiencing a 4th consecutive day of midweek protests these violent scenes happened a short time ago tens of thousands of demonstrators are running across the city major transport routes have been forced to close and schools have been shot the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry into president trump has ended the u.s. is acting ambassador in ukraine said he was told that trump had more about the investigation into his rival joe biden than he did about ukraine trump's accused of pressuring kids into investigating biden in exchange for military aid i found it confusing an unusual arrangement for making u.s. policy toward ukraine there appear to be 2 channels of u.s. policy making in implementation one regular and one highly irregular. well the u.s.

president had made those comments during a meeting with his turkish counterpart in washington d.c. both lead as emphasize the strength of their relationship thus despite recent differences of a policies in syria and to his purchase of a russian missile defense system. the u.s. has formally recognized bolivia as interim leader as its new president on wednesday to protest as in bolivia were killed on genyen on his 1st day in office security forces fired tear gas and hundreds of supporters of the former president at a morale is high who resigned and sunday has disputed election. egypt's health ministry says 7 people have been killed after an oil pipeline court file on wednesday the blaze broke out in a region called it's a out of those with a headline news continues on al-jazeera after the calif division station thanks so much by phone.

from i'm a southern jordan. in the 8th century it was a settlement of one of the 2 major branches of the hashemites. the prophet's own family of the christ droid. known as a bus and these were descendants of a law bus one of muhammad uncles. the other branch where the islets descended from. the prophet's cousin and son in law. in 716 abdulla one of the eyelets arrived in and how my mother with

a strange story. had i thought any been at it. mother brought a little honey such informally silliman up to many of them a who had. a few i would if he. know what i shall be modeled for. some minister they met. up the luddite than at home imo. but in his final hours he confessed to his our basset cousin muhammad that he was the head of a plot to topple my. palace not a do. is be a living i'm a little luck of the and the only min and hashimi in the living man to someone that even every thought of in a. whole 1000000 you really know me and then i'm going to do

well in them i live. i'm gonna. be die living we have men and women. over the next 30 years this message persuaded many islet she has to join the opposite cause. in 746. the secret movement turned into full blown revolution in the eastern part of the islamic empire and what is today the shia state of iran. it's very very hard to say whether the abbasids used the attic. they certainly wanted to accrue as wide a support price as they possibly could and they were certainly wanted those who supported it and kayla's to join them in flint.

within 3 years the opposites had captured coup for. the calif. the capital of ali. it was in this mosque that the name and identity of the caliph in waiting were finally revealed. they proclaimed a man a scale if called abu allah sufiah and he was a descendant of one of the prophet mohammed's uncles and he based his claim to the caliphate on that kinship with the prophet mohammed. and 750. bastards entered damascus the capital of the mighty mighty it states. the largest empire yet you know. but in the years to come they would struggle to maintain the unity of the vast state they now controlled.

by the mid century. bussard said seize control of the caliphate but did little for their cousins. a sense of betrayal to coal and fermented among the islands. in a bold and dangerous move they declare the rival caliphate in medina. and i busted army was rushed to the city. its ruthlessly crushing the rebellion. in the midst of the but he ordered it up but she knew of it and. of the moment he let the son of

a. and they had let the corn up in a little a minute the libby. as she had been at low enough she. the sun the opposites consolidated their dominance of the center of the state from their newly built capital but that. but they had failed to exert the same control over the provinces of the far west. in 756 and all made fugitive prince called abdul rahman reached under new c.e.o. . only

6 years after the collapse of his grandfather's calif and. he succeeded in reviving you know my youth in a state with cordova as its capital. and i'm up as a moment over that will all sons of the well you want to be done is not a hold of the defense if you must come up obviously done on your own don't you know us look a number. one and i bet you know more the simple thing i felt when i was on the other have you not enough of a club doesn't fit out of that for me i mean buffett and that was. the old maid and the written under the cea was the 1st to break from the caliph it . but it would not be the last.

world. soon another states at the western edge of the muslim world and the magic would break away from the a bus routes. and this time it would be their own cousins the islets. but at the canal of the sort i don't know if. and when it's it must look in the event i remarked as they got it all off i thought i'd talk let's. just say no and the whole you. had. in 788 you did east and alledge fugitive arrived here in the moroccan city of my will a decent room. a city that now carries his name. recognizing

him as a descendant of the prophet. local burma tribes were quick to offer him their oath of allegiance as ruler of the region. and so was born the at the recent emirates the 1st independent state. that is how. you'll get until the. sort of assessment of. what the will be for said if. i did and then i did what the rules there would up. at and that may have been a bit of money. but with a new and expanding state just 3 years old it beasts. he was laid to rest here in the city that still bears his name.

been poisoned on the orders of harun al-rashid. the most famous soviet bus caliphs . the statue of shah e r and shot i said in back that. the 2 main characters of a 1001 nights. legendary stories inspired by the opulence of her own little sheets court. the golden age of the a bus in calif it. but that a spot that you know to do nia and then who had it in that you know.

that the. one of that excitement. and that. scholars began the great task of transcribing in translating the cultural and scientific works of former civilizations. encouraged and supported by the ambassador caliphs. muslims began adding their own scholarship to the stock of human knowledge. laying the groundwork for europe's run assaults and centuries to come. even seen a or the west gnosis and the center had written not only philosophical texts but

also a very important treatise and medicine was transferred into latin taking the standard textbook for european medical schools for centuries. but the golden age of the a bus its was destined to be short lived. in 836 the 8th a bus that kind of a lot us and moved his capital here to some era in iraq. it was also to be a military base for the caliphs new army. an army of turkic mercenaries. toughened by life on the steps of central asia. an army. that would soon erode the power of the caliphs. but that i'm still out of me yet died she and she and i mustn't and there are more

we don't and i better see how you like that martha sim milat that iraq was wow i'm a sob and know when at 80. $847.00 here and some era turkic army commanders installed and moto are killed as the 10th of a bassett calif to the you're and for a century to come. they would effectively root the caliphate. appointing deposing torture. and even killing a string of 12 caliphs who were little more than puppets. yanni . me was sherry. but you know what's even worse what. the

caliphate really had become a symbol and we had no effective power anymore and in the muslim world we had to move to different political regimes in the various switching from the us today spain to this up asian continent often this period is seen as a period of decline because of these political divisions. but it wasn't just a matter of the slow fracturing of the state. as its western edge and new threat was on the rise. this small town on the 2 newseum coast would soon emerge as the seat of a rival caliphate. and this new caliph would not be sunny. but shia.

iran heartland of shia islam in the modern world. today she make up around 15 percent of the global muslim population of more than one and a half 1000000000. in their belief it is the title of eman and not calif that confers the right to rule. the vast majority of shia in the world are known as 12 years. they follow a hear read a terry line of 12 a man descended from the prophet's cousin and his wife fatimah the prophet's daughter. a line ending with the last eman al maddy. the 12 or she i believe holds that i'm madly disappeared in some era and 874.

he will reemerge at the end of the world as the ultimate savior of mankind. you know shows benny in the mimic the male human being has shia. militia to get us the no clue to look. here with us he should lead it at a shrewd maneuver that he felt he was. home. and body. were bit dirty feet in a hoodie in. thought about it will. be well a shirt with a tease. but this holy commandment was no protection against a deep divide the belief. of cause him a mosque that. the shrine of the man who mocks the vision of she

has him into 2 strands. it is the tomb of the 7th of the 12 years in man's. cause him who died here in the year 71009. of those however dispute his status. they consider the real 70 man to be his brother is my. they came to be known as is my. the 12. we're traditionally. not interested or did not strive to take political power because they believed that they were waiting for the return of the man the so that at that point the righteous rizzi would be installed in anything in between you have risen to rule and in the flesh.

but for the ismaili shia. there was to be no waiting for the return of the man. by the late 19th century. there preaching the taken root among the berber tribes in north africa. the new movement was on the rise. with this roots firmly in the shia tradition. i'll add. it up again after. all i've been a couldn't sleep. off. yet again for s.s. how dekha vet. but the. whole what. in the year 900 the 9 in cairo on tunisia. by the law

a man claimed to be a descendent of this my was declared the caliph of the 1st ever shiite caliphate. it would be known as the phantom and after the fall to my daughter of the prophet muhammad. an ancestor of all the men. the concept of the ismaili caliphate is completely different from the opposite kind of thing because of the claim to divine inspiration and divine guidance which the thought put forward they certainly developed institution which was theoretically completely different from the past that. the fatah mid's now began to expand their state westwards into the most of it.

but this would lead to a clash with another major muslim power. and soon the islamic world would find itself in a surreal position. yeah . by 912 bill my emirate in under a cea was over a century and a half old. ruled from cordoba by the 8th i mean obdurate among the thirds. after crushing all rebellions. and uniting under the sea and he looked towards expanding

southwards across the mediterranean. yes starvation and of the fighting the caliphate what is now done. to us conflict here that meant a big threat for the my yes terms of the political one toward the better but it is that excess that india. to strengthen his position. in 129. abdurrahman declared the under the sea an emirate an independent oh my god caliphate. 3 centuries on from the founding of the title the islamic world was now divided between 3 colors to sony and one. the ultimate result of that really was a decline in the value put on the notion of the caliphate itself so it leads to

rifts politically speaking within the community as well as the religious differences that these different caliphate signal. in but that the suffering of the abbas of caliphs continued under turkish military domination. but by the mid 10th century a new force had been merged. the. a persian then a city. but an end to turkish control of the caliphate. but no boy was home shia. live and nor. shia in a manner to look at the american morning when the lovable and of the i don't have

a sunni when i'm out in the gym going to become clear we're going to. we're still what's to come for the our bassett's. and $969.00 a phantom it on me captured egypt. 3 years later the forefront the macallan and noise abandoned his capital. in tunisia and headed east. for the next 2 centuries the newly built city of cairo which served as the seat of the shah kind of. the fatah it's considered back caliphate universal so ideally they wanted to expand that palace from their original base in north africa back into each it on into syria and ultimately to encompass the whole islamic well they weren't able to

achieve that and will instead happened in the 10th century was the islamic world became divided between a number of different caliphates. meanwhile in the west. a storm was gathering. christians uniting under the banner of the cross. were looking eastward to conquer the holy lands. the approaching struggle could not have come at a worse time for a divided muslim world. and for the caliphs were at their weakest point as they turned to face the crusades.

a story 1400 years in the making. a story of succession and leadership. and josie a tells the story by the client of dentist and the end of an empire. the count of. 3. al-jazeera. sweat every.

hello rains on his way not for most but for a few we've seen a bit in afghanistan received quite a lot in the central mediterranean is that front on its way through cyprus and turkey that will increase the cloud ahead of it still quite warm at 28 in beirut but the showers will break out most likely i think on friday in the levant cross in iraq and maybe just across the border even into saudi arabia more significant rain seems likely around this iranian coast of the something caspian that green is forecast rain i suspect thunderstorms were flash flooding even this time of year is a possibility. no showers much further south and that is cooled down by a day now way below 30 for the most part it is warmer in mekere obviously chilly diets particularly around the gulf states otherwise it's just sunshine in the sky waiting for a few showers but they won't be many maybe

a hint near riyadh let's jump down to active weather source in africa particularly south africa where you see some pretty deep depressions run from the western cape all the way to cause and that's how this is the result on thursday masses of potential rain some storms already seen one told data captured captured by camera well the rain does ease off a bit by friday but you've got a wet couple of days flooding seems quite likely. from the ounces in around london pool cost center to special guests in conversation as the resistance and i see joy in the midst of pain your books do that on from uninterrupted wire all of us people of color and they're just one column it is right there is why don't they should every people have no color but exactly fatima bhutto meets marc lamont hill i very much thought i was going to get shot but look

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