Sentence examples for Shi'a from inspiring English sources
noun
The branch of Islam that believes that Ali succeeded Muhammad as leader and that places emphasis on the prophet's family.
The Arab Shi'a: The Forgotten MuslimsBy Graham E. Fuller and Rend Rahim Francke.St Martin's Press; 290 pages; $45TO MOST westerners, "Shia" means "extremist" and Iranian.
Princess Zahra Aga Khan, who father is head of a Shi'a religious group, also founded the Costa Smeralda resort of Porto Cervo and the yacht club based there, took on the same role for Azzurra.
The witness said "tens of riot police in blue uniforms and white helmets attacked unarmed civilians during a wedding ceremony taking place in his town's Ma'tam (a Shi'a congregation hall).
The defeat of Isis requires the enlistment of Sunni Arab forces, and that can only happen if they are confident that Isis will not be replaced by radical sectarian forces of the Assad regime or Iran, which is in control of the Assad regime and which has deployed tens of thousands of Shi'a jihadists into Syria.
"The death sentence against Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr is part of a campaign by the authorities in Saudi Arabia to crush all dissent, including those defending the rights of the Kingdom's Shi'a Muslim community," said Said Boumedouha, Deputy Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme.
Community leaders say the upsurge in animosity towards Ahmadis is directly linked to violence in Pakistan where local Taliban militants have declared war on sects that they deem to be heretical such as the Ahmadis and the Shi'a.
Updated at 2.12pm BST 2.02pm BST Iraq's Shi'a-led cabinet has blamed Saudi Arabia for promoting "genocide" in Iraq by backing Sunni militants, Reuters reports.
10. (SBU) Egypt has shown increasing confidence that Iraq has turned the corner, although concerns remain that the Shi'a-led government is prone to Iranian influence.
He has exploited Sunni-Shi'a tensions in places like Kurram and sent his fighters into Bajaur via Afghanistan to attack government positions.
He believes that Iran is abetting the growing Sunni-Shi'a schism.
If a consensus could be endorsed by Sunnis, Shi'as and Kurds, Musharraf mused, perhaps an all-Muslim security force could backfill following the withdrawal of U.S. and British forces.
