Shia in a sentence

Twelver main Twelver Shia or the Ithnā'ashariyyah' is the largest branch of Shia Islam, and the term Shia Muslim often refers to the Twelvers by default.

When Saddam invaded Kuwait, cashing his US-Saudi IOU for sacrificing half million Iraqi Sunnis-Shia to kill a half million Shia Iranians, Saudi Arabia was unhappy.

In fact, during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), the vast majority of Shia Iraqis their Iraqi nationalist and Arab identities over Shia-solidarity.

There, mandating a Kurdish president, Shia prime minister, and Sunni speaker of Parliament, proved as unsuccessful at ensuring lasting peace as Lebanon’s traditional model of Christian presidents, Sunni PMs, and Shia speakers.

Hezbollah and Amal supporters had earlier fanned out in the downtown area of the capital shouting “Shia, Shia” and cursing protesters.

Smoke rose as some of the protester tents were set ablaze by and Amal supporters, who earlier fanned out in the downtown area of the capital shouting "Shia, Shia" in reference to themselves and cursing anti-government demonstrators.

The sermon, prepared by Jais ahead of an important Shia occasion next week, describes Shia Muslim beliefs and practices as “deviant”, “heinous”, “nonsense” and “nauseating”, FMT has learnt.

Furthermore, Rabat’s apprehensions over alleged Iran-sponsored Shia agitation were stoked by an Iranian official’s claim that it was Tehran, and not the Sunni, who had sovereignty over the predominantly-Shia Kingdom of Bahrain.

Through its political alliance with Shia partner Harakat Amal, Hezbollah continues to maintain a political monopoly in the Shia community.

Gaining civilian support To secure the loyalty of the Shia population, Saddam allowed more Shias into the Ba'ath Party and the government, and improved Shia living standards, which had been lower than those of the Iraqi Sunnis.

Pakistan is the second most populous Muslim-majority country citation and has the third largest Shia population in the world after Iran and India with a Shia population of about 42.5 million.

The Twelver Shia and the Ismaili Shia believe that Ali should have been the first Caliph.

This difference between following either the Ahl al-Bayt (Muhammad's family and descendants) or Caliph Abu Bakr has shaped Shia and non-Shia views on some of the Quranic verses, the hadith (narrations from Muhammad) and other areas of Islam.

Traditionally, Twelver Shi'a doctrine has differed from that of Sunni on the concept of jihad, with jihad being "seen as a lesser priority" in Shia theology and "armed activism" by Shia being "limited to a person's immediate geography".

Unlike Akhbari Twelver Shia, Usuli Twelver Shia scholars do not believe that everything in the four major books is authentic.

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Among those waiting are Shia LaBeouf and Dustin Hoffman.

At the start of the film, when Sam (Shia LaBeouf) goes with his father (Kevin Dunn) to buy his first car, Bumblebee is located alongside a beat-up Volkswagen Beetle that a salesman tries to get him to take home instead.

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Iran has supported Shia Houthi rebels who forced out the Saudi-backed government in 2014, while Saudi Arabia has led a devastating air campaign against the Houthis since the following year.