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SHIITE (23A: Member of the second-largest branch of Islam) Shia (whose members are known as SHIITEs) is the second-largest branch of Islam. The largest branch of Islam is Sunni.
Islamic schools and branches have different understandings of Islam. There are many different sects or denominations, schools of Islamic jurisprudence , and schools of Islamic theology , or ʿaqīdah (creed).
Islam by country Sunnī Shia Ibadi Map of the Muslim world's schools of jurisprudence [89] Shia Islam is the second largest branch of Islam. [90] It is estimated that either 10–20% [91] or 10–13% [92] [93] [94] of the global Muslim population are Shias. They may number up to 200 million as of 2009. [93]
The Ibadis began as a moderate branch of the Kharijites, an Islamic sect that split from the Muhakkima and al-Haruriyya. These groups initially supported Ali during the First Fitna but turned away after rejecting arbitration at the Battle of Siffin in 657 CE.
A branch of Islam who believe in Imam Ali and his sons (Hassan and Hussayn) as custodians of Islam by the will of Mohammed. Shirk (شرك) idolatry; polytheism; the sin of believing in any divinity except God and of associating other gods with God. Shūrā (شورى) consultation Majlis ash-shūrā (الشورى) advisory council in a Caliphate
The issue of succession following the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is the central issue in the schisms that divided the early Muslim community in the first century of Islamic history into numerous schools and branches. The two most prominent branches that emerged from these divisions are Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.
Traditional Islamic scholars have recognized two major branches within the practice of Sufism and use this as one key to differentiating among the approaches of different masters and devotional lineages. [158] On the one hand there is the order from the signs to the Signifier (or from the arts to the Artisan).
ISIS considers the Shia branch of Islam to be heretical and has targeted shrines and religious sites in Iran previously. The group offered no further proof and their account of the blasts differs ...