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Meaning of "shi'a"
shi'a (noun): one of the two main branches of Islam, known for its belief in the Imamate and its reverence for Ali and his descendants
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- The branch of Islam that believes that Ali succeeded Muhammad as leader, and that places emphasis on the prophet's family.
- The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.
- Synonym of Shiite.
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Shi'a believes in the brotherhood in humanity.
He was one of the greatest shi'a scholars.
Shi'a cab driver we source is saying there is a stronghold seven doors down.
That and the natural and righteous hatred for shi'a scum.
Shi'a and mystical orders also have less stringent views on aniconism.
Attacks on members of the Shi'a sect increased.
Shi'a public figures have been disproportionately targeted in the pre-election clampdown.
The implication made by the Shi'a is that he was poisoned.
Shi'a mosques are private institutions and are eligible for state-funding upon request.
Ayatollah is a high ranking title given to Shi'a clerics.
And the Shi'a are relishing their triumph.
And the president of the parliament has to be a Shi'a.
Shi'a Muslims celebrate it five days later.
They were indeed the heads of Shi'a faith.
She says Shi'a communities are now afraid.
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These scholars regarded the establishment of a Shi'a government positive.
The Shi'a population in some countries is disputed.
At various times many Shi'a groups have faced persecution.
Iran is one of the few countries with a Shi'a majority.
Thus a professor of the Shi'a creed was killed for performing pilgrimage.
Shi'a Muslims and others were targeted for practising their faith.
Religious discrimination and persecution against the Shi'a majority continued.
The Shi'a militias were slow to form and join in the fighting.
He called for government reform and the release of detained Shi'a leaders.
The Shi'a have an obvious interest in supporting the central government.
The programme is part of a drive to counter Iranian Shi'a influence in the region.
Shi'a regards this book as among the most reliable Hadith collections.
Kabul police had warned Shi'a against large gatherings as attacks were expected.
For example, the Government does not finance construction or maintenance of Shi'a mosques.
This is the Shi'a method of resolving the problem of the ahadith on tahrif.
Is a trustworthy reference that clearly presents the Shi'a belief and ideas.
Shi'a Muslims who refused to accept the principle of clerical rule were also persecuted.
The importance of this principle among Shi'a led them to be titled as Imamiyya.
The ideology of revolutionary government was populist, nationalist and most of all Shi'a Islamic.
There are other cases mentioned in Shi'a jurisprudence in which paying khums becomes obligatory.
The party also worked to represent the interests of the Shi'a in Lebanese politics.
School children and Shi'a pilgrims were targeted in the latest wave of bombing attacks.
They are committed to correcting this and ensuring the political emancipation of the Shi'a community.
The inexorable end of the shi'a tyranny founded on atheist Baathism draws near.
The city is now a great center of pilgrimage from throughout the Shi'a Islamic world.
Members of the Shi'a minority are the subjects of officially sanctioned political and economic discrimination.
The revolution started as being a populist and nationalist revolution and later became Shi'a Islamic.
The Shi'a threat to the Saudi government is ideological.
The fifth and final chapter is a short discussion about the Shi'a world today.
Thousands of prominent Shi'a Muslim figures are buried there.
His astonishingly lavish shrine is one of the major pilgrimage destinations for Shi'a Muslims.
There is very few Shi'a in the Arab world.
Initially they broke away from the religiously moderate attitudes of the early Kufan Shi'a.
The history of Shi'a in Indonesia started in the ninth century.
The radical factions operated as a law unto themselves, and quickly alienated conservative Shi'a villagers.
