Dante places Ali in Hell with heretics who split the Christian Church, presumably, and strangely, for his central role in Islam's own Sunni-Shia split. How did Medieval Christians conceive of Islam's internal schisms and the distinct Shia tradition?
by /u/Basilikon in /r/AskHistorians
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