Shiites
Shia Islam or Shi'ism is one of the two main branches of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from succeeding Muhammad as the leader of all Muslims as a result of the choice made by Muhammad's other companions at Saqifah. This view primarily contrasts with that of Sunni Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad did not appoint a successor before his death and consider Abu Bakr, who was appointed caliph …
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LC: Library of Congress · 2018 English
"AAN Thematic Report 01/2018". Includes bibliographical references. Title from PDF file as viewed on 9/11/2018.
speeches and sermons, he called for equality for the Shiites and for a democratisation of the country.30 This …
LC: Library of Congress · 2018 English
"Publication No: AISS-P-014-2018". Includes bibliographical references (page 51). Title from PDF file as viewed on 9/12/2018.
percent of the sample are Sunni and 34 percent are Shiites. About one percent belong other religions. … them are Shiite. For Hazaras, 93 percent are Shiites, Uzbeks are 89 percent Sunni and 11 percent Shiite … Afghanistan's security policy. 20 Iran's support for Shiites in Afghanistan is alarming. 21 An important part …
DW: Deutsche Welle · 19 January 2015 Spanish
suelen ser la causa de la violencia brutal. Religious groups face each other in many armed conflicts. Shiites and Sunnis in Arab, Christian and Muslim countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Buddhists and Muslims in …
LC: Library of Congress · 2014 Pushto
Ayatollah Muhammad Asif Muhsini. The movement emerged in 1978, as a political formation of non- Shiites. Initially the movement was inspired by the Islamic revolutionary ideas of Ali Shari'ati, but over …
LC: Library of Congress · 2014 English
"This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the implications for the United States after the departure of most American forces from Afghanistan. Iran has substantial economic, political, cultural, and …
According to a former senior Afghan official, “Shiites see themselves as needed by Americans. They are …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 2013 English
"Feeding the City is an ethnographic study of the fascinating inner workings of Mumbai's dabbawalas. Cultural anthropologist Sara Roncaglia explains how they cater to the various dietary requirements of a …
are a stratified population of various sects: Shiites, Sunnis and Ismailis of the most diverse denominations …
LC: Library of Congress · 2011 English
The ability of the United States and Russia to cooperate in Afghanistan represents a solid test of their reset in relations. The author provides the historical background to the Afghanistan …
could serve as a counterweight to the Iranian Shiites that had considerable influence in Western Afghanistan …
LC: Library of Congress · 1 March 1999 English
Sunni Muslims in the country and the minority Shiites, ethnically different Hazaras from the central …
LC: Library of Congress · 19 January 1993 English
had different kinds of Muslims too, Sunnis and Shiites. You had Druze, who are throw backs to an earlier …
LC: Library of Congress · 17 June 1991 English
separatist feelings of the Kurds in the North and the Shiites in the South? NEWSOM: We were trying to deal separately … end. There was no mixing of the two groups. The Shiites in the South made no bones about their desire for …
