Islam: Sunnis and Shiites - The Investigative Project on Terrorism
... The twelve imams are viewed as harbors of the faith and as the designated interpreters of law and theology. Twelvers believe that the twelfth and last of these imams “disappeared” in the late ninth century. This “hidden imam” is expected to return some day to lead the community. Following the twelft ...
... The twelve imams are viewed as harbors of the faith and as the designated interpreters of law and theology. Twelvers believe that the twelfth and last of these imams “disappeared” in the late ninth century. This “hidden imam” is expected to return some day to lead the community. Following the twelft ...
Islam: Sunnis and Shiites - The University of Maryland Francis King
... The twelve imams are viewed as harbors of the faith and as the designated interpreters of law and theology. Twelvers believe that the twelfth and last of these imams “disappeared” in the late ninth century. This “hidden imam” is expected to return some day to lead the community. Following the twelft ...
... The twelve imams are viewed as harbors of the faith and as the designated interpreters of law and theology. Twelvers believe that the twelfth and last of these imams “disappeared” in the late ninth century. This “hidden imam” is expected to return some day to lead the community. Following the twelft ...
Sunnis and Shiites - CarpenterInternational
... death by this fights preoccupy some people. The Shiites have the largest amount of petroleum, and we don’t know what they will do with all that money they can have. Lebanon has another terrorist group form by Shiites in its south called Hezbolla, and Iran is taking care of giving them money. People ...
... death by this fights preoccupy some people. The Shiites have the largest amount of petroleum, and we don’t know what they will do with all that money they can have. Lebanon has another terrorist group form by Shiites in its south called Hezbolla, and Iran is taking care of giving them money. People ...
Islam: Sunnis and Shiites (December 11, 2006)
... with Sunni Muslim rulers, imams focused on developing a spirituality that would serve as the core of Shiite religious practices and beliefs. Shiites believe that when the line of imams descended from Ali ended, religious leaders, known as mujtahids, gained the right to interpret religious, mystical, ...
... with Sunni Muslim rulers, imams focused on developing a spirituality that would serve as the core of Shiite religious practices and beliefs. Shiites believe that when the line of imams descended from Ali ended, religious leaders, known as mujtahids, gained the right to interpret religious, mystical, ...
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... with Sunni Muslim rulers, imams focused on developing a spirituality that would serve as the core of Shiite religious practices and beliefs. Shiites believe that when the line of imams descended from Ali ended, religious leaders, known as mujtahids, gained the right to interpret religious, mystical, ...
... with Sunni Muslim rulers, imams focused on developing a spirituality that would serve as the core of Shiite religious practices and beliefs. Shiites believe that when the line of imams descended from Ali ended, religious leaders, known as mujtahids, gained the right to interpret religious, mystical, ...
What is the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
... mourning ceremonies such as ashura, when followers flagellate themselves to commemorate Hussein’s death at Karbala. There has never been a clash between the Shia and Sunni on the scale of the Thirty Y ears War, which saw Christian sects fight each other in 17th-century Europe with great loss of life ...
... mourning ceremonies such as ashura, when followers flagellate themselves to commemorate Hussein’s death at Karbala. There has never been a clash between the Shia and Sunni on the scale of the Thirty Y ears War, which saw Christian sects fight each other in 17th-century Europe with great loss of life ...
Sunni and Shia Islam: Historical Context to Modern Conflict
... Unlike Sunnis, Shias believe in an infallible religious leader called the Imam. Originally, these Imams descended directly from Ali until the 12th Imam disappeared as a young child in 939. Al-Jafaris or “Twelvers,” a recent moniker for the predominant Shia group today, place immense importance on th ...
... Unlike Sunnis, Shias believe in an infallible religious leader called the Imam. Originally, these Imams descended directly from Ali until the 12th Imam disappeared as a young child in 939. Al-Jafaris or “Twelvers,” a recent moniker for the predominant Shia group today, place immense importance on th ...
Sunni and Shiite Muslims
... There are two main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shiite. Their differences date back to a leadership dispute following the death in 632 of the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed. Most of the Prophet’s companions supported his friends and father-in-law, Abu Bakr, as his successor. But others belie ...
... There are two main branches of Islam: Sunni and Shiite. Their differences date back to a leadership dispute following the death in 632 of the founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammed. Most of the Prophet’s companions supported his friends and father-in-law, Abu Bakr, as his successor. But others belie ...
Sunnis and Shias: Islam`s ancient schism
... Muslims are split into two main branches, the Sunnis and Shias. The split originates in a dispute soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad over who should lead the Muslim community. The great majority of Muslims are Sunnis - estimates suggest the figure is somewhere between 85% and 90%. Members ...
... Muslims are split into two main branches, the Sunnis and Shias. The split originates in a dispute soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad over who should lead the Muslim community. The great majority of Muslims are Sunnis - estimates suggest the figure is somewhere between 85% and 90%. Members ...
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... When the prophet Muhammad died, he had not named a successor or instructed his followers on how to choose one. Relying on ancient tribal custom, the Muslim community elected their next few leaders. Each of these leaders was called “caliph,” a title that means “successor” or “deputy.” However, the Mu ...
... When the prophet Muhammad died, he had not named a successor or instructed his followers on how to choose one. Relying on ancient tribal custom, the Muslim community elected their next few leaders. Each of these leaders was called “caliph,” a title that means “successor” or “deputy.” However, the Mu ...
Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam
... surrounding Sunni population. It was a division meant to protect the Alawi people from more powerful majorities.[35] Under the mandate, many Alawi chieftains supported the notion of a separate Alawi nation and tried to convert their autonomy into independence. The French considered the Alawites, alo ...
... surrounding Sunni population. It was a division meant to protect the Alawi people from more powerful majorities.[35] Under the mandate, many Alawi chieftains supported the notion of a separate Alawi nation and tried to convert their autonomy into independence. The French considered the Alawites, alo ...
NY Book Review: Alawites
... and networks of patronage underpinned by a uniquely powerful religious bond. ...
... and networks of patronage underpinned by a uniquely powerful religious bond. ...
What is a(n) - People Server at UNCW
... Alawites Minority religious group (12%) in control of Syrian government. Based in Shi’ ia Islam, they split 1,000 years ago. Alawite beliefs include Christian-like elements. ...
... Alawites Minority religious group (12%) in control of Syrian government. Based in Shi’ ia Islam, they split 1,000 years ago. Alawite beliefs include Christian-like elements. ...
Shi`ism File
... as symbolic rather than applied • Alevis, Turkey • The Druze community was an eleventhcentury offshoot of Ismaili Shiite Islam and is concentrated in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Palestine ...
... as symbolic rather than applied • Alevis, Turkey • The Druze community was an eleventhcentury offshoot of Ismaili Shiite Islam and is concentrated in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Palestine ...
Alawites
The Alawites, also known as Alawis (ʿAlawīyyah Arabic: علوية), are a religious group, centred in Syria, who follow a very highly contested and controversial branch of the Twelver school of Shia Islam but with syncretistic elements. Alawites revere Ali (Ali ibn Abi Talib), and the name ""Alawi"" means followers of Ali (they are generally considered Ghulat). The sect is believed to have been founded by Ibn Nusayr during the 9th century. For this reason, Alawites are sometimes called ""Nusayris"" (Nuṣayrīyyah Arabic: نصيرية), though this term has come to have derogatory connotations in the modern era; another name, ""Ansari"" (al-Anṣāriyyah), is believed to be a mistransliteration of ""Nusayri"". Today, Alawites represent 12 percent of the Syrian population and are a significant minority in Turkey and northern Lebanon. There is also a population living in the village of Ghajar in the occupied Golan Heights. They are often confused with the Alevis of Turkey. Alawites form the dominant religious group on the Syrian coast and towns near the coast which are also inhabited by Sunnis, Christians, and Ismailis.Alawites have historically kept their beliefs secret from outsiders and non-initiated Alawites, so rumours about them have arisen. Arabic accounts of their beliefs tend to be partisan (either positively or negatively). However, since the early 2000s, Western scholarship on the Alawite religion has made significant advances. At the core of Alawite belief is a divine triad, comprising three aspects of the one God. These aspects or emanations appear cyclically in human form throughout history. The last emanations of the divine triad, according to Alawite belief, were as Ali, Muhammad and Salman the Persian. Alawites were historically persecuted for these beliefs by the Sunni Muslim rulers of the area.The establishment of the French Mandate of Syria marked a turning point in Alawi history. It gave the French the power to recruit Syrian civilians into their armed forces for an indefinite period and created exclusive areas for minorities, including an Alawite State. The Alawite State was later dismantled, but the Alawites continued to be a significant part of the Syrian army. Since Hafez al-Assad took power in 1970, the government has been dominated by a political elite led by the Alawite Al-Assad family. During the Islamic uprising in Syria in the 1970s and 1980s the establishment came under pressure. Even greater pressure has resulted from the Syrian Civil War.