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Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam. [90] It is estimated that 10–13% [91] [92] [93] of the global Muslim population are Shias. They may number up to 200 million as of 2009. [92] As of 1985, Shia Muslims are estimated to be 21% of the Muslim population in South Asia, although the total number is difficult to estimate. [94]
Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam.Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt) or his descendants known as Shia Imams.
The following is a list of Shia Muslim dynasties. North Africa and Europe. Idrisid dynasty (788–985 CE) — ... List of Shia Muslims flags; References
Zaydism (Arabic: الزَّيْدِيَّة, romanized: az-Zaydiyya) is a branch of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali's unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. [1] Zaydism is one of the three main branches of Shi'ism, with the other two being Twelverism and Ismailism. [2]
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib ( r. 656–661 ) as his successor ( khalifa ) as the imam , that is the spiritual and political leader of the Muslim community.
Allama Syed Jawad Naqvi – Religious Leader and influential Shia Scholar in Pakistan; Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani – cleric, head of the Council of Islamic revolution and founding member of the Freedom Movement of Iran; Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr – Islamic philosopher, father of contemporary Islamic economics and founder of the Islamic Dawa Party
The spread of Shia Islam in Lebanon was a complex phenomenon over multiple centuries. [11] [12] Information regarding Jabal Amel's population prior to the Muslim conquest is insufficient, though it included a substantial tribal segment prior to the Muslim conquest represented by the Banu Amila who formed part of the Nabataean foederati of the Romans, [13] [14] [15] and affiliates of the ...
The Shia clergy are the religious leaders of Shia Islam. Shia Islam places great importance on the guidance of clergy , and each branch of Shi'ism maintains its own clerical structure. The most well-known Shia clergy belongs to the largest branch of Shia Islam, Twelver Shi'ism .