their followers always hoped that they would assume the leadership of the Islamic community. Because the Sunni caliphs were aware of this hope, the Shia Imams were generally persecuted throughout the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. The matter of this persecution, beginning with Ali and...
Firstly, it's important to note that this proof still completely contradicts Sunni'ism, but they completely disregard that fact and think that if they say Shias only believe in 11 Imams that, that somehow makes it any less contradictory to Sunni'ism. Secondly, this argument is made from an ...