Re: Ali a.s or mavia
like i said before it was not a shia-sunni war .....seriously both sides of muslims were outwardlyof the same religious beliefs , but one side were the ones who stood to safeguard the tradition of the old islamic values and to keep the role of religious principles in politics, while on the other were those who wanted to transform the state into a autocratic dictatorship on the lines of the byzantines and persians.
i disagree that its just a historical event and has no bearing on our present day life ...history is useful if used as a guide to avoid making similar mistakes in future ...thats why Quran is itself full of historical references ....
but to interpret this war in the context of present shia -sunni relations is inaccurate if u guys want a shia sunni war the struggle between safavids vs ottomans or mughals and deccan states is a far better example ....