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May 2021
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Episode 21: Yazid bin Mu’awiya

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Mu’awiya’s thorough preparations before his death left little doubt as to who would succeed him. His mastery over the umma’s various social forces must have made his job look easy when it was anything but, and Yazid made it his first priority to snuff out all resistance in order to emulate the total control his father had maintained. It didn’t really work ou ... Show More
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Episode 22: The second fitna
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