What I genuinely object to is misrepresentation. The classical SUNNI Imams and Ulama are almost unanimous when recording their views in the Ali and Muawiyah conflict. The uncensored Shi'ite view of this conflict can only be imagined. There is no objection to (what is really) the Salafi/Wahhabi POV, which has virtually reinvented Caliph Muawiyah's persona as Sir Galahad. However, ethically speaking, it ought to be under the banner of Salafi/Wahhabi POV and not the mainstream SUNNI banner as is evident in all the surviving classical SUNNI literature.    

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