Shia Islam originated as a response[citation needed] to questions of Islamic religious leadership which became manifest as early as the death of Muhammad...

Shia Islamism is the implementation of Shia Islam in politics. Most study and reporting on Islamism has been focused on Sunni Islamist movements. Shia...

studying the Shia thoughts, finally convert to Shia Islam and testify the position of Muhammad prophet's family. Malcolm Shabazz -the son of Qubilah Shabazz...

believed that the caliphs of the Islamic community should be chosen by a council, as in Saqifa, while a second group, the Shia, who believed that Muhammad...

Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for...

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661) as both his political successor (caliph)...

the Shaykh al-Islam Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi. In addition to marking the start of a genuinely Iranian expansion within Twelver Shia Islam, Majlesi was also...

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...

different connotation to Sunnis and Shias.[citation needed] The title Hujjat al-Islam has a significant weight within the Islamic community. It offers historical...

Shia Islam in Egypt refers to the community of Shia Muslims living in Egypt. Shia Islam has historical roots in Egypt dating back to the Fatimid Caliphate...

Shia Muslims are a minority in Bangladesh, with roughly 4% of the population being Shia.[needs update] Among the Shias, the Dawoodi Bohra community is...

Shia Islam in Yemen is practiced by a substantial minority of the population, with the vast majority of Shia Muslims in Yemen being Zaydi, while a minority...

practices of Twelver Shia Islam are categorised into: Theology or Roots of the Religion - five beliefs Ancillaries of the Faith or Branches of the Religion...

and spread the teachings of Islam. Munzir subsequently converted to Islam as did many of his subjects. The origins of Shia Islam in Bahrain can be traced...

newly enthroned Safavid dynasty initiated a massive campaign to install Shia Islam as Iran's official sect, aggressively proselytizing the faith and forcibly...

Shia Islam is practiced by a minority of Muslims in the United Arab Emirates. It is also practiced among expatriate Muslim communities living in the country...

Shia Islam in Iraq (Arabic: الشيعة في العراق) has a history going back to the times of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first imam of Shia Islam and fourth caliph...

adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role alongside Lebanon's main Sunni, Maronite and Druze sects. The vast majority of Shiite Muslims...

romanized: al-Ismāʿīliyya) is a branch of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili (/ˌɪzmɑːˈɪliː/) get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed...

hold a high level of significance (see holiest sites in Sunni Islam). For Shias, sites associated with the Imamah hold a high level of significance (see...

In Shia Islam, the Imamah (Arabic: إمامة) is a doctrine which asserts that certain individuals from the lineage of the Islamic prophet Muhammad are to...

Shia Islam in Africa is the continent's second most widely professed sect of Islam behind Sunni Islam. The "African Shia Islamic Movement" is a Nigeria-based...

branch of Shia Islam that emerged in the eighth century following Zayd ibn Ali's unsuccessful rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate. Zaydism is one of the...

other parts of the world by promoting only the Sunni faith". Due to decades of Saudi funding, Shia Islam is openly and freely demonised and Shia Muslims are...

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...

Abdillahi Nassir, a Kenyan convert from Sunni to Shia Islam based in Mombasa and Seyyid Aidarus Alwy of Lamu. The Khoja Ismailia Community has a very small...

The following is a list of extinct heterodox movements within Shia Islam. These are movements that no longer have any living followers or practitioners...

of worldwide adoption and conversion to Islam. Most Muslims fall under either of three main branches: Sunni (87–90%, roughly 1.7 billion people) Shia...

expressions of joy. By contrast, Ashura is a day of mourning for Shia Muslims, who annually commemorate the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet...

(Arabic: غَيْبَة, ghayba) in Shia Islam refers to the eschatological belief that the Mahdi, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has already...