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| | The Origins of the Sunni/Shia split in Islam |
 | | Shia theology is distinguished by its glorification of Ali. | | | The term Shia or Shi'ite derives from a shortening of Shiat Ali or partisans of Ali. | | | The Shia Imam has come to be imbued with Pope-like infallibility and the Shia religious hierarchy is not dissimilar in structure and religious power to that of the Catholic Church within Christianity. |
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| | Kuwait Shia Islam - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ... |
| | Shia believe that during the occultation of the Twelfth Imam, he is spiritually present--some believe that he is materially present as well--and he is besought to reappear in various invocations and prayers. | | | Shia revere Ali as the First Imam, and his descendants, beginning with his sons Hasan and Husayn, continue the line of the Imams until the twelfth. | | | A significant practice of Shia Islam is that of visiting the shrines of Imams in Iraq and in Iran. |
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http://workmall.com/wfb2001/kuwait/kuwait_history_shia_islam.html
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| | Shia Imam - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | According to the majority of Shia, or the Twelvers, the following is a listing of the rightful sucessors of Muhammad according to their beliefs. | | | This belief is what led to the split between the Shia and Sunni, as the Shia felt that Ali was the rightful sucessor of Muhammad (which Shias believe is indicated by his actions at Ghadir Khom), while the Sunni felt that it was Abu Bakr. | | | Unlike the Caliph, the Imam must be descended from Muhammad, through his daughter Fatima Zahra and her husband Ali. |
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| | ARE SHIA MUSLIMS? |
| | Shi'a beliefs of 17,000 ayats (verses) in Qur'an (Asool-e-Kaafi pg 671) | | | It must be borne in mind that according to Shia belief, every book authored by a human mortal can be subject to error, and, therefore, unlike the Sunni brothers, they do not consider their books of Ahadith as 'SAHIH' or fully authentic and sound. | | | For those who are ignorant of the Shi'a Beliefs, as every Muslim's duty, Sipah-e-Sahaba-USA intend to enlighten our brothers and sisters especially the REVERT MUSLIMS trying to understand the difference between being a Muslim and being a Shi'a. |
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http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/books/beliefs/are-shia-muslims/are-shia-muslims.htm
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| | Shiites, Shia, Shi'a |
| | A key event in the history of the Shia and for all Muslims was the tragic death at Karbala of Husayn, the son of Ali, and Muhammad's daughter Fatima. | | | The Shia Muslims believe that Muhammad designated all 12 successors by name and that they inherited a special knowledge of the true meaning of the scripture that was passed from father to son, beginning with the Prophet himself. | | | The followers of Ali were known as the Shia (partisans) of Ali. |
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| | Who Are the Shia? |
| | The Shia are called Shia from the term Shi'at Ali (the faction of Ali, the cousin of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed).* They broke from the Sunni essentially from the time of the first Caliph, Abu Bakr. | | | Most of the holiest shrines for the Shia are there. | | | That quotation, of hadith, has led many Shia to believe that only Ali should have been the first caliph, not Abu Bakr, and that all caliphs, excepting those in the family of Ali, the Alids, were falsely chosen and were not the true leaders of the Muslim umma (community). |
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| | BBC NEWS Middle East Who are the Iraqi Shia? |
| | In early Islamic history the Shia were a political faction ("party of Ali") that supported the power of Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed and the fourth caliph (temporal and spiritual ruler) of the Muslim community. | | | Shia has always been the rigid faith of the poor and oppressed waiting for deliverance. | | | In the late 1970s, thousands of Iraqi Shia were expelled to Iran under the pretext of their "Persian connections". |
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| | Karbala and Najaf: Shia holy cities |
| | Karbala, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Baghdad, is revered as being the site of the death of the great Shia martyr Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. | | | They are home to some of the most magnificent and sacred shrines of the Shia branch of Islam and are leading centres for scholars of Islamic theology. | | | Hussein's father, Imam Ali - the founder of what became the Shia movement - is buried at Najaf, 190 km south of the capital and 80 km from Karbala. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/glgreen/iblog/B891982871/C553591206/E2136258493
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| | The Term "Shia" in Quran and Hadith |
| | Quran mentioned that he was a Shia of Noah. | | | The Shia of Ali are the Ahlussunnah since they are those who love Ahlul-Bayt as Allah and His Prophet ordered. | | | Thus Shia is an official word used by Allah in His Quran for His high rank prophets as well as their followers. |
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| | Religioscope > Archives > Iraq: Shia majority hopes for greater share of power after Saddam |
| | The Shia, estimated to compose some 60 percent of Iraq's population, live mostly in the south of the country and share religious, but not ethnic, ties with Iran. | | | [During the uprising,] the Shia were looking for Iran to help them and to intervene on their behalf to help them materially and logistically. | | | The crackdown included Saddam's forces bombarding Shia holy shrines in Najaf and Karbala as they routed rebels from those cities. |
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| | (DV) El-Amine: The Shia Rise Up |
| | The Shia, on the other hand, were collectively punished for the uprising: the regime killed tens of thousands of Shia and destroyed much of the infrastructure in the South, including the Shia holy sites. | | | Such claims support their campaign for regime change in Iran and the portrayal of Islam as a violent, undemocratic, misogynist, and generally intolerant religion. | | | Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and the Hawza: Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani is the Pope of the Shia in Iraq, even though he himself isn’t Iraqi. |
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| | Aljazeera.Net - The Shia factor: Key to Iraq’s future? |
| | The Shia are also demanding special status granted to all religious leaders in the country "just like the Pope in the Vatican", he says. | | | "The main Shia group, the Revolutionary Council, was based in Iran and was funded and directed (by Iran)," he says, adding that Tehran as a regional heavyweight might continue to sway its authority in Baghdad. | | | And the apparent honeymoon period between the US occupation authorities and Shia is coming to an end, he says. |
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| | SHIITES AND SHIAISM, Shi'aism, Shia, Shias, Shî'ah, sheee, shi'ites, Shi'it, Shi'at, Shiaa, Ashura, Muharram, ... |
| | However, most of the openly declared SHIA beliefs revolve around The Concept of Imamah, the superiority of Ali (May Allah be pleased with him), and the so-called love of the Prophet's family members. | | | However, the brutal fact remains that under the pretense of Ali's Superiority and the so-called love of the Prophet's family members, Shias have literally evolved an entirely new religion, grossly distorted the teachings of the Holy Qur'ân, and completely rejected the sanctity and authenticity of the Hadeeth. | | | This sect has developed into what we now know as the Shia whose beliefs and thoughts are repugnant beyond belief. |
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| | The Future of the Shia in Post-Saddam Iraq |
| | The Shia must overcome their internal divisions to appear as a unified force on the domestic scene and translate their numerical majority into political influence. | | | The murder was attributed to Shia followers of the late spiritual leader Muhammad Sadeq Al-Sadr - allegedly assassinated by Saddam Hussein's forces in 1999 - whose movement appears to have a large following in most Shia cities. | | | There are, however, indications of difference of opinion regarding Islamic government between Al-Hakim and the religious leadership in Najaf, especially Al-Sistani, who takes a more moderate position on the role of the faqih. |
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| | The Shia |
| | Shia persecution at the hands of Sunnis quickly led to the systematic endorsement of the principle of Taqiyya (from the Arabic root wa-qa-'a meaning to "safeguard"). | | | Shia Islam would come to full flower in Iran (Persia). | | | It became the official religion of the region when the Safavid dynasty assumed power in 1500. |
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| | Aljazeera.Net - Over 100 dead in Iraq anti-Shia attacks |
| | The explosions were caused by rockets fired at the shrine of Abbas from the north of the town, police said. | | | Thousands more were on the streets of Kadhimiya, the Shia district of Baghdad targeted by the blasts. | | | More than 100 people are reported dead after explosions shook the Iraqi cities of Karbala and Baghdad as pilgrims filled the streets for a religious occasion. |
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2B7B4A78-57C7-4D7B-B756-4597974CA36C.htm
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| | Shia News Articles: Islam Isma (Infallibility) of the Prophets |
| | This motive can be observed in the early history of Islam when the scholars attaches to the political establishment tried to waterdown the infallibilty of the Prophet of Islam in order to explain away the moral weakness and ethical wrongdoings of the rulers of their time. | | | Note that according to the Shia, these traditions are NOT authentic, nor do they constitute ANY truth whatsoever. | | | Infallibility means purity from all sins, both major and minor ones, and from mistakes and forgetfulness." (Al-Muzzafar, The Faith of Shia Islam, p. |
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| | Shia News Articles: Politics The slogan "Death to America" should really read "Death to Shias" |
| | These are the three principal countries where majority of the Shias live outside Iran. | | | As a result the late General Zia-ul-Haq, a Deobandi/Wahabi by religion, formed Sipha-e-Sahaba to counter the Iranian threat and to nullify the anti-American feeling in Pakistan. | | | One just has to look at the three countries surrounding Iran i.e. |
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| | The World Today - Shia community tensions |
| | But Iraq's Shia religious leadership is deeply divided — a situation that's being exploited by the hardline clerical establishment in Iran. | | | A lot of them are in fact secular Shias. | | | But is it perhaps misleading, even simplistic, to make such a direct comparison between Ayatollah Muhammad Bakr Al-Hakim and the late Ayatollah Khomeini? |
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| | SHIA |
| | In September 2004 I went to Sri Lanka where SHIA had a branch office. | | | At least I have learned the fact that I can live by myself in a foreign country. | | | Sven Arnehed, project coordinator, Sri Lanka desk, SHIA |
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| | Saudi Arabia Shia - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ... |
| | The Twelvers believe that the leadership of the Muslim community rightfully belongs to the descendants of Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet, through Ali's son Husayn (see Early Development of Islam, this ch.). | | | There were twelve such rightful rulers, known as Imams, the last of whom, according to the Twelvers, did not die but went into hiding in the ninth century, to return in the fullness of time as the messiah (mahdi) to create the just and perfect Muslim society. | | | Saudi Shia belong to the sect of the Twelvers, the same sect to which the Shia of Iran and Bahrain belong. |
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http://www.photius.com/countries/saudi_arabia/society/saudi_arabia_society_shia.html
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| | Why Hizbollah Matters |
| | Syria has nearly three million Shias as well, and is ruled by members of the Alawite religious minority. | | | The Iranian Islamic radicals believe that Israel must be destroyed and the world converted to Islam. | | | This puts them at odds with Sunni Islamic radicals, who also believe the world should be forcibly converted to Islam, but to the Sunni version of Islam. |
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| | Rediff On The NeT: Was Jinnah a Shia or Sunni? |
| | Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, who appeared as a witness in the case, said that in 1901 Jinnah broke from the Ismaili Shia faith and became a Sunni when his sisters married Sunnis. | | | In February 1970, the court rejected the joint affidavit of Fatima Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan which claimed Jinnah was a Shia. | | | But this claim was contested in 1970 by Hussain Ali Ganji Walji in the high court. |
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| | Sunnis Rally to Support Shia |
| | "We stand with the Shia, and offer them our condolences in memory of the killing of al-Hussein and his family," the banners read, in reference to the massacre of the seventh century Imam Hussein, which the festival commemorates. | | | We ordered people in Fallujah to go to Baghdad to help the Shia. | | | Senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, in a statement released after the bombing, declared the explosions to be "the work of the envious against Sunni and Shia". |
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| | The Holes in a 'Shia Strategy' - Newsweek The War on Iraq - MSNBC.com |
| | But the key was that Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the towering Shia figure, does want al-Sadr to disrupt the path to elections (and thus, Shia majority rule). | | | Allawi and Washington handled this well, careful not to blast their way through Najaf's Imam Ali shrine (a "sensitive" war, one might say). | | | Yet the standoff with the Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf and Al Kufah has ended, and those cities are no longer controlled by the Mahdi Army. |
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| | Shia Political Alternatives in Postwar Iraq |
| | Their role in Iraqi politics will affect Iraq's future relations with its neighbors, particularly Iran, where Shia Islam is the state religion and is practiced by the majority of the population, and Lebanon, where the majority of the Muslim community is Shia. | | | Iraqi Shia who were not members of the Baath party were represented by opposition organizations such as Al-Daawah al-Islamiyah (Islamic Call), the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the Islamic Action Organization and some smaller groups such as the Al-Khoi Foundation. | | | Shia Muslims also are represented in secular Iraqi political organizations. |
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| | Largest Source of Shiite News around the World Jafariya News Network |
| | AL-YOUSAFIYAH, Iraq: Terrorist elements have destructed all shrines and mausoleums of Auliyaa Allah, or the saints of Allah, in the cities of Al-Yousafiyah, Al-Mahmoudiyaha and Al-Qasr Al-Awsat leaving not even one of these therein. | | | Want to know Imambargah in Andheri area of Mumbai | | | In Pakistan, Sunnis, Shias and even non-Muslim brethren live together by the grace of Allah in all fields of life, and not only share their happiness and sorrows rather cooperate one another. |
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| | www.madressa.net :: Shia Ithna'asheri Madressa |
| | Its main purpose is to be a repository of religious information, teaching aids and material for anyone wanting to set up a Madressa or for any individual wanting to learn more about Islam. | | | This web site is the home of the Shia Ithna asheri Madressa on the internet. |
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| | MASOM |
| | We request all momineen and Mo'minaat to recite a Surah-e-Fateha for the deceased and pray for the rapid recovery of all injured, Basadqa-e-Chahardah Masoomeen (AS). | | | Links: Shia Centers, Markazi Matami Dasta, Ziaraat,, Kids Play and Learn |
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| | BBC NEWS Middle East Coalition faces 'disappointed' Shia |
| | Last year the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most powerful Shia religious leader, is reported to have advised his people to adopt the following approach to the new American rulers. | | | Ayatollah Ali Sistani epitomises the ambivalence of Iraq's Shia to the coalition | | | According to Hamid Bayati, spokesperson for a Shia religious party whose leaders sit on the Iraqi Governing Council, this contract held that in return for democratic elections, dissent would be confined to negotiation and peaceful protest. |
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| | Ismaili Web Page 6 Shia Islam Sources Created 8-21-96 |
| | Prophet's Night Journey Mehraj The Shia Ismaili Tariqah is an esoteric tradition and even though this vision of our beloved Prophet is of the eternal world, an effort to explain the magnanimity of this journey in human terms is sometimes taken too literally, the description however, is really beautiful, enjoy! | | | Ismaili Web Page 6 Shia Islam Sources Created 8-21-96 |
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| | Shia News Europe Shia News needs your help |
| | We appeal to everyone who is reading this, to contribute whatever you can. | | | Shia News is a public interest news service which works to provide the Muslim and non-Muslim world the latest news from around the globe in such a perspective which reflects the true teachings and values of Islam. | | | The cheques can be made payable to the following address: |
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| | SANA Home Page |
| | To find out about Islam and Shia Islam in particular, please visit al-islam.org The holy book of Islam, Quran, in MP3 format is available | | | Islamic Urdu Books are also available by Mir Murad and you can view our program year around | | | Welcome to the internet home of Baitul Qayem, also known as |
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| | Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Muslim Community of Birmingham - Al Muntazar | | | Namaz Timings for Mahe-Ramadhan 1426 A.H. Programme for the Month of Ramadhan 1426 AH | | | Mambo is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License. |
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| | List of Shia Organizations |
| | Available for sale: prayer books, religious book marks, and pamphlets on Muslim patient health care. | | | Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of NY 48-67 58th Street | | | Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamaat of PA 1335 Chew Street |
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| | Shaheed Foundation Pakistan |
| | A person killed in the God's way is Martyr and Shaheed. | | | Theri, One of the biggest Shia Massacre in Pakistan's history, In Which Over 118 Shias were brutally killed, Majority of them were Children. | | | Shaheedfoundation.org is all about Shahadat and Shia Killings in Pakistan. |
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| | Shia LaBeouf Heaven -- Love Shia LaBeouf |
| | Shia: I didn't have to read the book, but I choose to because Louis Sacher was such an interesting man. | | | Shia: I didn't really know what profession acting was, but I saw it on TV or in a movie and I was like 'that's what I want to do when I grow up.' Then when I got older, I realized it was acting. | | | Shia: No, I am not a lizard guy. |
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| | ~Shia TV Heaven~ |
| | Anyways, you hardcore Shia fans may already know that there is a trailer out for "Greatest Game Ever Played", but it is new to me, and if it is new to some of you guys too, well, there you go. | | | Shia's great, and all, but he's not getting me into college. | | | Shia's new movie "Constantine" came out yesterday, so go to a theater near you to see him on the big screen! |
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| | SHIA |
| | By joining forces and making their voices heard, people with disabilities can achieve participation in the development of their various countries. | | | The Annual Meeting, at which every affiliated organisation has one vote, is SHIA's supreme policy-making body. | | | Activities are headed by a Board elected at the Annual Meeting. |
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| | Shia Source Online - Uniting information on the web |
| | Shia Source Discussion Board was developed in order to provide the web with an online community of Muslim Shi’as, from all over the world. | | | Hassanain Rajabali, and a few others shall be uploaded soon... | | | It was designed in such a manner, whereby one has the ability to exchange his/her ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc. At the same time, learn from others. |
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| | Shia LaBeouf |
| | Shia Lebeouf is the star of The Greatest Game Ever Played, which is based on a true story of a golfer. | | | One day, he saw a friend of his act on Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and wanted to become an... | | | Everytime u would ask him what's it like he says,"I let u know when I become one!"LOL Continue |
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| | A letter from: Noor Al Qadri, Sunni Tehreek | | | It is not only the enemy of Shia but also Sunni M... | | | Shia News presents Matamdari Videos of Nasir Shams Group of Lahore, Markazi Matami Dasta Rawalpindi,... |
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