Shi'ite (Islam) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
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Arabic Shīʿī, collective Shīʿah
member of the smaller of the two major branches of Islam, distinguished from the majority Sunnis.
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Assorted References
- clerical dress (in religious dress; in religious dress: Islām )
- contrast with Sunnites (in Sunnite (Islam); in Ḥadīth (Islam): Sectarian variations )
- major treatment: The Shiʿah (in Islām (religion): The Shīʿah)
- pilgrimage site at Sāmarrāʾ (in Sāmarrāʾ (Iraq))
- role in Hezbollah (in Hezbollah (Lebanese organization))
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