Shia

Examples of Shia in the following topics:

• The Abbasid Empire

  • In 793 CE, the Shi'a (also called Shi'ite) dynasty of Idrisids gained authored over Fez in Morocco.
  • Most Shi'a Muslims had supported the Abbasid war against the Umayyads because the Abbasids claimed legitimacy with their familial connection to Muhammad, an important issue for Shi'a.
  • However, once in power, the Abbasids embraced Sunni Islam and disavowed any support for Shi'a beliefs.
  • This group advanced to Egypt in 969 CE, establishing their capital near Fustat in Cairo, which they built as a bastion of Shi'a learning and politics.
  • The caliph himself was under "protection" of the Buyid Emirs, who possessed all of Iraq and western Iran, and were quietly Shi'a in their sympathies.

• Islam

  • It caters mainly to the Shi'a Muslim congregation; however, all Muslims may attend this mosque.
  • Approximately half (50%) of the religious affiliations of Muslims is Sunni, 16% Shia, 22% non-affiliated and, 16% other/non-response.
  • Muslims of Arab decent are mostly Sunni (56%) with minorities who are Shi'a (19%).
  • Bangladeshis (90%), Pakistanis (72%), and Indians (82%) are mainly Sunni, while Iranians are mainly Shi'a (91%).
  • Deen Mohammed), 16% other (mostly Nation of Islam and Ahmadiyya) and 2% Shi'a.

• Muhammad's Successors

  • After Muhammad's death in 632 CE, there were conflicts among his followers as to who would become his successor, which created a split in Islam between the Sunni and Shi'a sects.
  • These disagreements over Muhammad's true successor led to a major split in Islam between what became the Sunni and Shi'a denominations, a division that still holds to this day.
  • Shi'a Muslims believe that just as God alone appoints a prophet, only God has the prerogative to appoint the successor to his prophet.
  • The followers of Ali later became the Shi'a minority sect of Islam, which rejects the legitimacy of the first three caliphs.

• Sect

  • Within Islam, there has been conflict at various periods between Sunnis and Shias.
  • Many Sunni religious leaders, including those inspired by Wahhabism and other ideologies have declared Shias to be heretics and apostates.

• Religious Denominations

  • The term also describes the four branches of Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist), and describes the two main branches of Islam (Sunni and Shia).

• Safavid Dynasty

  • The Iranian Safavid Empire (1501-1786) is distinguished from the Mughal and Ottoman dynasties by the Shi'a faith of its shahs, which was the majority Islamic denomination in Persia.

• Iraq

  • Violence against coalition forces and among various sectarian groups soon led to the Iraqi insurgency, strife between many Sunni and Shia Iraqi groups, and the emergence of a new faction of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

• Islamic Textiles

  • The Iranian Safavid Empire (1501-1786) is distinguished from the Mughal and Ottoman dynasties by the Shi'a faith of its shahs, which was the majority Islamic denomination in Persia.

• Islamic Art

  • Most Muslims are of two denominations: Sunni (75–90%),[7] or Shia (10–20%).

• Expansion Under the Umayyad Caliphates

  • Allegedly, The Sunnis killed Ali's son Hussein and his family at the Battle of Karbala in 680, solidifying the Shi'a-Sunni split.