The Baha'i Studies Listserv Subject: Re: Fabricated Hadith The Baha'i Studies Listserv > If that's the case, why do Sunnis sometimes call Umar II (an Ummayad Caliph) > to be the fifth Caliph?
Umar II was probably the only Umayyad Caliph who was truly pious even to the point of being a bit fanatical. >>> So how do Sunnis view the Abbasids? They overthrew the Ummayads, but the first Abbasid was known as the Slaughterer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As-Saffah Caliphs who ordered assinations of Shia Imams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muawiyah_I (1 out of 14 Ummayad) killed Hassan I (am-Mujtaba, as-Sibt, az-Zaki, at-Taqi, as-Sayyid) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazid_I (2 out of 14 Ummayad) killed Hussayn I (ash-Shahid, as-Sibt, ar-Rashid, am-Mubarak, at-Tayyib, aw-Wafi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Walid_I (6 out of 14 Ummayad) killed Ali II (as-Sajjad, al-Amin) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisham_ibn_Abd_al-Malik (10 out of 14 Ummayad) killed Muhammad I (ab-Baqir) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur (2 out of 35 Abbasid) killed Jafar I (as-Sadiq, af-Fadhil, at-Tahir) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harun_al-Rashid (5 out of 35 Abbasid) killed Musa I (ak-Kadhim) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ma%27mun (7 out of 35 Abbasid) killed Ali III (ar-Ridha) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mu%27tasim (8 out of 35 Abbasid) killed Muhammad II (at-Taqi, aj-Jawad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mu%27tazz (13 out of 35 Abbasid) killed Ali IV (ah-Hadi, an-Naqi) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mu%27tamid (15 out of 35 Abbasid) killed Hassan II (al-Askari, az-Zaki) 10 martyred imams, 4 by Ummayads and 6 by Abbasids __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-511629-274...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
