From today s featured article Abd al Malik ibn Marwan depicted on a gold dinar The Second Fitna was a civil war in the Islamic community that began with the death of Mu awiya I in 680 The first Umayyad caliph he had become the sole ruler of the caliphate at the end of the First Fitna in 661 when Ali was assassinated and Ali s successor abdicated After Mu awiya s death one of Ali s sons
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