Journalist Khalid M. Amayreh points out the Major Contradictions in the Shiite Imami Religion in his book My Story with the Shiites.

He says the real contentious issue between Muslims and Shiites is not Yazid or Mu'awiya, Hassan or Hussein, Fadak or al-"Zahraa's limb," the Karbulaa tragedy or the so-called Raziyatul Khamis (Thursday's calamity), Hadithul Manzela or the Saqifa of Bani Sa'ada, or the Ghadeer Khom event.

In fact, these issues can be reduced to mere "red herrings" used by the Shiites to discredit Islam and undermine the entire Muhammadan...