The Origins of the Sunni/Shia split in Islamby Hussein Abdulwaheed
... most Shias belong. As a point of interest, the Jafari School is named after its founder Imam Jafaf Sidiq who was a direct descendent through two different lines of the Sunni Caliph Abu Bakr. And Al Azhar University, though now Sunni, was actually founded by the Shia Fatimid dynasty in 969CE. However ...
... most Shias belong. As a point of interest, the Jafari School is named after its founder Imam Jafaf Sidiq who was a direct descendent through two different lines of the Sunni Caliph Abu Bakr. And Al Azhar University, though now Sunni, was actually founded by the Shia Fatimid dynasty in 969CE. However ...
The Origins of the Sunni/Shia split in Islam
... of Law to which most Shias belong. As a point of interest, the Jafari School is named after its founder Imam Jafaf Sidiq who was a direct descendent through two different lines of the Sunni Caliph Abu Bakr. And Al Azhar University, though now Sunni, was actually founded by the Shia Fatimid dynasty i ...
... of Law to which most Shias belong. As a point of interest, the Jafari School is named after its founder Imam Jafaf Sidiq who was a direct descendent through two different lines of the Sunni Caliph Abu Bakr. And Al Azhar University, though now Sunni, was actually founded by the Shia Fatimid dynasty i ...
Sunnis and Shia
... literally from Arabic as 'Sign of Allah' and as the name suggests is bestowed with great religious authority. As Sunni Islam expanded into the complex and urban societies of the once Roman and Persian empires, new ethical questions were encountered that demanded the authority of religious answers. I ...
... literally from Arabic as 'Sign of Allah' and as the name suggests is bestowed with great religious authority. As Sunni Islam expanded into the complex and urban societies of the once Roman and Persian empires, new ethical questions were encountered that demanded the authority of religious answers. I ...
1 Atteqa Malik Karachi, Pakistan email: [email protected] MIT
... thought through new media sources. Sachedina holds the interest of the young and old in his audience as he addresses contemporary issues in the light of age old texts, rooted in the Muslim religion. He wins the respect of all those who listen to his sermons, young or old, Shia or Sunni, Muslim and ...
... thought through new media sources. Sachedina holds the interest of the young and old in his audience as he addresses contemporary issues in the light of age old texts, rooted in the Muslim religion. He wins the respect of all those who listen to his sermons, young or old, Shia or Sunni, Muslim and ...
Sex Jihad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Jihad Report: Tunisian
... "After the sexual liaisons they have there in the name of 'jihad al-nikah' - (sexual holy war, in Arabic) - they come home pregnant," Ben Jeddou told the MPs. Tunisia's former Mufti (the country's highest religious official) warned earlier this year that 13 Tunisian girls "were fooled" into travelli ...
... "After the sexual liaisons they have there in the name of 'jihad al-nikah' - (sexual holy war, in Arabic) - they come home pregnant," Ben Jeddou told the MPs. Tunisia's former Mufti (the country's highest religious official) warned earlier this year that 13 Tunisian girls "were fooled" into travelli ...
Byzantine, Islamic and Middle Ages Key Events
... 762 – 766 CE – The Abbasid Dynasty takes over from Umayyads (except in Spain) and move capital from Damascus to Baghdad 788 – 879 CE – Several countries break free from caliphate and set up individual kingdoms and dynasties 879 CE – Seljuk Turks begin conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia 900 CE – Fati ...
... 762 – 766 CE – The Abbasid Dynasty takes over from Umayyads (except in Spain) and move capital from Damascus to Baghdad 788 – 879 CE – Several countries break free from caliphate and set up individual kingdoms and dynasties 879 CE – Seljuk Turks begin conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia 900 CE – Fati ...
The New Voices of Islam - Sample Chaper
... Tunisia, and, somewhat later, Marv in northeastern Iran were among the more notable in this group of cities.6 Still others were changed not just in name but also in their political and historical significance. For example, Yathrib, a town north of Mecca, became Medina and the capital of Prophet Muha ...
... Tunisia, and, somewhat later, Marv in northeastern Iran were among the more notable in this group of cities.6 Still others were changed not just in name but also in their political and historical significance. For example, Yathrib, a town north of Mecca, became Medina and the capital of Prophet Muha ...
Cultures in the Middle East
... successor to lead the Muslim community. • The “Four Rightly Guided Caliphs” led Islam, one after the other. They were friends with Muhammad. • The first caliph to be elected was Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s close friend, advisor, and father-inlaw. When he died, a 2nd caliph was elected; when he died, a 3rd ...
... successor to lead the Muslim community. • The “Four Rightly Guided Caliphs” led Islam, one after the other. They were friends with Muhammad. • The first caliph to be elected was Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s close friend, advisor, and father-inlaw. When he died, a 2nd caliph was elected; when he died, a 3rd ...
Religious History and Culture
... successor to lead the Muslim community. • The “Four Rightly Guided Caliphs” led Islam, one after the other. They were friends with Muhammad. • The first caliph to be elected was Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s close friend, advisor, and father-inlaw. When he died, a 2nd caliph was elected; when he died, a 3rd ...
... successor to lead the Muslim community. • The “Four Rightly Guided Caliphs” led Islam, one after the other. They were friends with Muhammad. • The first caliph to be elected was Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s close friend, advisor, and father-inlaw. When he died, a 2nd caliph was elected; when he died, a 3rd ...
here - Interfaith Explorers
... ‘And of my offspring (will there be Imam)?’ He said: ‘My covenant does not reach the wrong-doers.’”(Quran 2:124). • They are infallible – they do not sin nor do they commit errors. They are the ‘perfect’ human beings for Muslims to follow: “…Allah intends only to keep away from you the impurity [of ...
... ‘And of my offspring (will there be Imam)?’ He said: ‘My covenant does not reach the wrong-doers.’”(Quran 2:124). • They are infallible – they do not sin nor do they commit errors. They are the ‘perfect’ human beings for Muslims to follow: “…Allah intends only to keep away from you the impurity [of ...
The Origins of the Sunni/Shia split in Islam
... point of interest, the Jafari School is named after its founder Imam Jafaf Sidiq who was a direct descendent through two different lines of the Sunni Caliph Abu Bakr. And Al Azhar University, though now Sunni, was actually founded by the Shia Fatimid dynasty in 969CE. However, there remain significa ...
... point of interest, the Jafari School is named after its founder Imam Jafaf Sidiq who was a direct descendent through two different lines of the Sunni Caliph Abu Bakr. And Al Azhar University, though now Sunni, was actually founded by the Shia Fatimid dynasty in 969CE. However, there remain significa ...
Islam: Sunnis and Shiites
... Sunni Islam has had less prominent sectarian divisions than Shiite Islam. The Ibadi sect, which is centered mostly in Oman, East Africa, and in parts of Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia, has been sometimes misrepresented as a Sunni sect. Ibadi religious and political dogma generally resembles basic Sunni ...
... Sunni Islam has had less prominent sectarian divisions than Shiite Islam. The Ibadi sect, which is centered mostly in Oman, East Africa, and in parts of Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia, has been sometimes misrepresented as a Sunni sect. Ibadi religious and political dogma generally resembles basic Sunni ...
history of the islamic shiites (shias)
... religion. Since the Sunnis followed the traditional Islamic religion, not much changed for them. But because the Shiites broke away from the Sunnis and ended up fighting bloody battles with them, they were forced to move, developing additional holy cities and traditions. ...
... religion. Since the Sunnis followed the traditional Islamic religion, not much changed for them. But because the Shiites broke away from the Sunnis and ended up fighting bloody battles with them, they were forced to move, developing additional holy cities and traditions. ...
Islam: Sunnis and Shiites
... Sunni Islam has had less prominent sectarian divisions than Shiite Islam. The Ibadi sect, which is centered mostly in Oman, East Africa, and in parts of Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia, has been sometimes misrepresented as a Sunni sect. Ibadi religious and political dogma generally resembles basic Sunni ...
... Sunni Islam has had less prominent sectarian divisions than Shiite Islam. The Ibadi sect, which is centered mostly in Oman, East Africa, and in parts of Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia, has been sometimes misrepresented as a Sunni sect. Ibadi religious and political dogma generally resembles basic Sunni ...
WG_CH22
... • Iraq’s Fertile Crescent between Tigris, Euphrates a cultural hearth - early civilizations include Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea - all built empires in Mesopotamia, the “land between the rivers” • Hittite empire covered modern Turkey, introduced iron weapons • Persian empire developed in what ...
... • Iraq’s Fertile Crescent between Tigris, Euphrates a cultural hearth - early civilizations include Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldea - all built empires in Mesopotamia, the “land between the rivers” • Hittite empire covered modern Turkey, introduced iron weapons • Persian empire developed in what ...
Islam: Sunnis. and Shiites - St. John`s University Unofficial faculty
... ‘Vvelver Shiism;‘4 which is centered in Iran and is the principal form of Shiism in Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain. This Shi’ ism holds that Muhammad was succeeded by twelve divinely ordained Imams directly descended from him through Ah and his wife Fatima, and that rejection of and disobedience to any ...
... ‘Vvelver Shiism;‘4 which is centered in Iran and is the principal form of Shiism in Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain. This Shi’ ism holds that Muhammad was succeeded by twelve divinely ordained Imams directly descended from him through Ah and his wife Fatima, and that rejection of and disobedience to any ...
Shiite and Sunni Article
... One religion that is often not understood is Islam. As one of the major world religions, Islam greatly influences world events. To understand current issues, such as the situation in Afghanistan, studying the basics of Islam can greatly help. Islam is one religion divided by two different schools of ...
... One religion that is often not understood is Islam. As one of the major world religions, Islam greatly influences world events. To understand current issues, such as the situation in Afghanistan, studying the basics of Islam can greatly help. Islam is one religion divided by two different schools of ...
Shia Islam PP
... • Hussein-is the youngest son of Ali; he agreed to wait to be caliph, and was betrayed by Muawiyah and lost a battle that left the Shia to be dominated by Sunni…The Shia actually split during his reign…. ...
... • Hussein-is the youngest son of Ali; he agreed to wait to be caliph, and was betrayed by Muawiyah and lost a battle that left the Shia to be dominated by Sunni…The Shia actually split during his reign…. ...
Dawn of Islam
... resentful servants • The Muslim Arab general, Sa’d ibn Waqqas pushed into Persia with some 6,000 troops. • At Qadesiya in 635 AD, the Persians were defeated and soon the treasure-capital at Ctesiphon was under siege. • When the city fell in 637, the Arabs plundered all worldfamed wealth of it. Thus ...
... resentful servants • The Muslim Arab general, Sa’d ibn Waqqas pushed into Persia with some 6,000 troops. • At Qadesiya in 635 AD, the Persians were defeated and soon the treasure-capital at Ctesiphon was under siege. • When the city fell in 637, the Arabs plundered all worldfamed wealth of it. Thus ...
UNDERSTANDING ISLAM - Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
... Shafi’i (d.820), whose system is official in Malaysia and Indonesia, represents about a third of Muslims. Most of these are Asharite in theological emphasis and so stress divine revelation ...
... Shafi’i (d.820), whose system is official in Malaysia and Indonesia, represents about a third of Muslims. Most of these are Asharite in theological emphasis and so stress divine revelation ...
Introduction
... teachings for ideological purposes) affects consumption among informants in gecekondu around Istanbul. The author’s contribution is identifying three strains of Islamist discourse that regards ‘global brands’ as threats to Islam, and thus ‘infidel brands.’ Much broader than mere rejection of pork an ...
... teachings for ideological purposes) affects consumption among informants in gecekondu around Istanbul. The author’s contribution is identifying three strains of Islamist discourse that regards ‘global brands’ as threats to Islam, and thus ‘infidel brands.’ Much broader than mere rejection of pork an ...
Central Asian Cultural Intelligence for Military Operations Farsiwan
... Today, 85% of the Muslim world is Sunni, while only 15% is Shia. The invasion of Afghanistan by Sunni Arab invaders and the establishment of the Sunni-based Ghaznavid Empire in Afghanistan around 1000 A.D. checked the spread of the Shia Islam of the Iranian Empire into Central and South Asia. In Afg ...
... Today, 85% of the Muslim world is Sunni, while only 15% is Shia. The invasion of Afghanistan by Sunni Arab invaders and the establishment of the Sunni-based Ghaznavid Empire in Afghanistan around 1000 A.D. checked the spread of the Shia Islam of the Iranian Empire into Central and South Asia. In Afg ...
some common misconceptions about shi`ism - islam-usa
... Shahid Athar, MD . is author of 7 books including “ Reflections of an American Muslim “ and “Healing the wounds of Sept.11, 2001 “, web page www.islam-usa.com ...
... Shahid Athar, MD . is author of 7 books including “ Reflections of an American Muslim “ and “Healing the wounds of Sept.11, 2001 “, web page www.islam-usa.com ...
chapter 11 – the formation of islamic civilization, 622
... were caliph (“successor”) or imam (“leader”), which underscored their political and religious authority. This dual authority was difficult to maintain and the caliphate became a titular office representing political and military unity. Religious leadership devolved upon scholars known as ulama (“per ...
... were caliph (“successor”) or imam (“leader”), which underscored their political and religious authority. This dual authority was difficult to maintain and the caliphate became a titular office representing political and military unity. Religious leadership devolved upon scholars known as ulama (“per ...
Concerto The Safavids and the Mughals
... will return at end of time H. Safavid Empire dates from rule of Shah Ismail (ruled 1501-1524) I. In 1501, Safavid Shahs declared independence when Ottomans outlawed Shi'a Islam J. Shah Ismail's most important decisions was to declare that the state religion would be Shi’a Islamat the time, complete ...
... will return at end of time H. Safavid Empire dates from rule of Shah Ismail (ruled 1501-1524) I. In 1501, Safavid Shahs declared independence when Ottomans outlawed Shi'a Islam J. Shah Ismail's most important decisions was to declare that the state religion would be Shi’a Islamat the time, complete ...
Islam in Iran
The Islamic conquest of Persia (637–651) led to the end of the Sassanid Empire and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. However, the achievements of the previous Persian civilizations were not lost, but were to a great extent absorbed by the new Islamic polity. Islam has been the official religion of Iran since then, except short duration after Mongol raid and establishment of Ilkhanate. Iran became an Islamic republic after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.Before the Islamic conquest, the Persians had been mainly Zoroastrian, however, there were also large and thriving Christian and Jewish communities, especially in the territories of at that time northwestern, western, and southern Iran, mainly Caucasian Albania, Asorestan, Persian Armenia, and Caucasian Iberia. Eastern Sassanian Iran, what is now solely composed of Afghanistan and Central Asia, was predominantly Buddhist. There was a slow but steady movement of the population toward Islam. When Islam was introduced to Iranians, the nobility and city-dwellers were the first to convert, Islam spread more slowly among the peasantry and the dihqans, or landed gentry. By the late 11th century, the majority of Persians had become Muslim, at least nominally.Islam is the religion of 99.4% of Iranians. 90-95% of Iranians are Shi'a and 5-10% are Sunni. Most Sunnis in Iran are Larestani people (from Larestan), Turkomen, Baluchs, and Kurds living in the south, southeast, northeast and northwest. Almost all of Iranian Shi'as are Twelvers.Though Iran is known today as a stronghold of the Shi'a Muslim faith, it did not become so until much later, around the 15th century. The Safavid dynasty made Shi'a Islam the official state religion in the early sixteenth century and aggressively proselytized on its behalf. It is also believed that by the mid-seventeenth century most people in Iran and the territory of the contemporary neighboring Republic of Azerbaijan had become Shi'as, an affiliation that has continued. Over the following centuries, with the state-fostered rise of a Persian-based Shi'ite clergy, a synthesis was formed between Persian culture and Shi'ite Islam that marked each indelibly with the tincture of the other.