Meaning of Shi'a | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Shi'a Islam.
   usually
2. Synonym of Shiite.
3. The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.
   collective

Examples

“In Islam, Sunni is a more triumphant version of the faith than Shia, which stresses the importance of suffering, following the founder Ali, who was persecuted.”

“Shi’a is one of the two larger divisions of Islam, […]”

“Jordanians do not know what Shi’a is about, and it was very recently, [the] last few years, when we start[ed] being exposed to Shi’a.”

“But the Shī'a was not yet a sect; there can as yet be no division of Islam between Shi'ite and Sunni.”

“Throughout the Umayyad period, the Shi'a were confined to southern 'Iraq [...]”

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