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shia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shiah, shiah islam |
| Type of | religious sect, sect, religious order |
Examples of shia
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Shia will play the elder brother and Alec will star as the man who is kidnapped.
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It is ironic that the shia are complaing about the new immigrants into Baharin.
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Shia LaBeouf portrayed his character of Jerry Shaw, very well during the movie.
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The various shia branches are distinguished by which brother that branch follows.
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Shia demanding equal rights are portrayed by Sunnis as fanatics backed by Iran.
From the guardian.co.uk
Shia dynasties once ruled Tunisia, Egypt and the eastern end of the Mediterranean.
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Shia scholars do not make any assumptions about the authenticity of a hadith book.
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Shia leaders claim this is a convenient excuse to exclude them from politics.
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Shia and SunniMuslims have different rules for performing an Islamic divorce.
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- Shiah: one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran
- Sunni theological traditions
- A list of characters from the manga and anime Pita-Ten.
- A member of the smaller of the two great divisions of Islam. The Shias supported the claims of Ali and his line to presumptive right to the caliphate and leadership of the world Muslim community, and on this issue they divided from the Sunnis (q.v.) in the first great schism of Islam. ...
- The second biggest branch of Islam after Sunni. Unlike Sunni Muslims, Shia maintain that Ali was the first Caliph after Mohammed, and believe in following the guidance of Mohammed's family.
- The term "Shia" means "party" or "partisans," and refers to the followers of Ali who held that Mohammed had appointed Ali as his successor. After Ali's assassination, they split from their fellow Moslems (who became know as the Sunni Moslems). In English, this branch of Islam is called Shiite Islam.
- A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali and his descendants as the legitimate successors to Muhammad and rejects the first three caliphs; also Shiite.
- A division of islam. believe in the prophet Ali. (Hazaras)
- An Islamic sect where followers believe that Ali ibn Abi-Taalib (RA) and his offspring were the only eligible people to head the Islamic state. Singular is Shii, pronounced She-ee.
