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Shia Islam (Arabic: ‎ Shī‘ah , sometimes spelled Shi'a ), is the second largest denomination of Islam, after Sunni Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'as or Shi'ites . Similar t...
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Lobaik Lobaik!; Allah Loving Parent, wisely cutting the child's head with a sharp razor blade, Shiite style! Ain't Shiite Islam Great?! Love them Shiites! Allah is Merciful!
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The Islamic scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr, in his introduction to Allamah Tabatabai's Shiite Islam, states, "the issues which .. arise [in a comparison of Shiism and Sunni Islam] ..
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Islam-5;; Sunni Shiite; Kharijitis Wahhabi Ismailis Ismaili Druze Assassins; Sufi Baha'ism; U.S.A. Black Muslims ... The "Shiite ("partisans"), are the followers of Ali, more orthodox and militant, mainly in Iran, Iraq, and Palestine. In 656, Ali and Fatima's son Hussein led a fight against the Sunnis.
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There is plenty in both the theology of Islam and the behavior of Muslims which outsiders can legitimately criticize or disagree with. Any serious, sustained critique, however, must be based on what Muslims actually believe and this in turn requires understanding just how diverse Islam is.
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Although there are considerable differences between Sunni and Shiite Islam, the two Islamic sects share common traditions, beliefs, and doctrines. All Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad was the messenger of Allah (the Arabic word for God).
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A look at the historic divide within the Muslim world. ... Sunni Islam is much less centralized. In this respect, the differences between Sunni and Shiite Islam superficially approach the differences between the Roman Catholic Church and most Protestant denominations.
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History of Sacrifice: Reverence for Imam Hussein, killed in AD 680, has shaped the Shiite outlook – from the street to the pulpit of clerics such as Moqtada al-Sadr (pictured here). ... All religious Shiites nominally observe the advice of an ayatollah on how to follow the law of Islam, or sharia, in the modern context.
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A discussion on Shiites and Shia. A source of information for deeper understanding of religious subjects. ... In recent years several Shiite leaders, including the Iranian political leader the Ayatollah Khomeini, advocated rapprochement and solidarity with Sunni Islam.
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Adherents.com presents the Top 15 Countries with highest percentage of Shiite (Shi'a) Muslims; and Top 10 Countries with most Shiite Muslims. ... NOTE: This list is not based on the proportion of Muslims which are Shiite, but on the proportion of Shiites in the total population.
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