1 day ago – HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed in Iraq and dozens more wounded on Friday when a large car bomb exploded among .

Jan 10, 2011 – Even as supporters of firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr rejoiced at his return to Iraq, some in the country's Shiite Muslim majority population .

May 13, 2011 – Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr responded Friday to the prime minister's challenge to go along with the majority on a decision.

Jump to How are Shiites demonstrating more assertiveness?‎: In contrast to rebellions waged by Iraq's Shiites in 1991 and Bahrain's Shiites in 1992-1994, .

Feb 22, 2011 – Shiites, in contrast, believe that only the heirs of the fourth caliph, Ali, are the legitimate successors of Mohammed. In 931 the Twelfth Imam .

Not many primary Shiite texts were translated into English during the 19th century . The following are translations of Shiite documents, prepared by a volunteer .

The 4th century AH /10th century CE has been referred by Louis Massignon 'the Shiite Ismaili century in the history of Islam'. Whereas Sunnis believe the Mahdi .

Mar 16, 2011 – The five leading Shiite clergymen warned of an impending massacre and called on the UN and other international bodies, as well as on Shiite .

Sep 8, 2010 – Which sect believes in hereditary successors to the Prophet Muhammad? Which one has ayatollahs? If you don't know the answers, let The .

Jul 1, 2011 – American commanders had worried that Iraq's Shiite leaders would not act against the militias.

News about Shiite Muslims. Commentary and archival information about Shiite Muslims from The New York Times.

Shi'ite (Islam), member of the smaller of the two major branches of Islam, distinguished from the majority Sunnis.

3 hours ago – Hazara Mughal Solidarity Forum Pakistan has called for formation of an international commission to determine reasons for ongoing incidents of .

Shiites are a minority among the world's Muslims, but their own religious rites and politics play a major role.

Jul 17, 2011 – The opposition group pulls out of talks with the minority Sunni rulers accusing them of not being serious about political reform.

Jun 22, 2011 – Court decision could spark another round of unrest after months of lockdown- level security.

May 9, 2011 – CAIRO -- An Indian court has ruled that a divorce given by a Shiite Muslim who had appointed an agent to pronounce the divorce word in .

Sep 17, 2011 – The passengers were from the Shiite holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq, and were headed to the Sayyida Zainab shrine in Damascus, Syria. .

Sep 20, 2011 – Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslim pilgrims traveling by bus through southwest Pakistan on Tuesday on their way to in .

2 days ago – With barely a month going by without a sectarian attack, Pakistan's Shiite minority is now a terrified community. But are the Pakistani state and .

Shiites (shē'ītz) [key][Arab., shiat Ali,=the party of Ali], the second largest branch of Islam, Shiites currently account for 10%–15% of all Muslims. Shiite Islam .

Definition of SHIITE. : a Muslim of the Shia branch of Islam. — Shiite adjective. See Shiite defined for English-language learners » .

Mar 16, 2011 – The tiny Island of Bahrain could become a battleground for regional influence between two historical rivals—with Saudi Arabia backing .

The Iraqi Shiites. On the history of America's would-be allies. Juan Cole. 8 The ambitious aim of the American war in Iraq—articulated by Richard Perle, Paul .

His family are Shiites, a sect of Muslims who despite being the majority in Iraq . After being victimized for so long, how can Iraq's Shiite majority put the past .

Apr 29, 2011 – The Saudi intervention in Bahrain has upped the ante in the Saudi-Iranian cold war, crystallizing it into a wider Sunni-Shiite schism in the .

First reason: The first reason ties in with the Shi'ite belief that that all the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), the transmitters of the Qur' an, .

May 8, 2011 – Sunni authorities in Bahrain have arrested scores of Shiite women and girls, held them for days in prison and subjected them to physical and .

A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali and his descendants as the legitimate successors to Muhammad and rejects the first three caliphs. adj. .

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Aug 21, 2010 – Deep in Shiite historical memory rests their persecution by the Saudis during the18th and 19th centuries. Expanding into Iraq in the early 19th .

After his murder in 660, his followers split from the other Moslems and became known in English as the Shiites. Shiite belief elevates Ali to the position of a .

May 11, 2011 – The Bahraini regime has bulldozed dozens of Shiite mosques or other religious structures in the crackdown on a mainly Shiite opposition .

May 12, 2010 – Rima Fakih, Miss Michigan USA, who will compete in Sunday Night's pageant broadcast on NBC, is a Dearbornistan Shi'ite Muslim who is a .

The Shiite scholar, Allamah Tabatabai, as stated previously, sees the roots of Shiism in Muhammad's acceptance of Ali as his successor. According to Tabatabai .

Sep 12, 2011 – Gunmen forced their way onto a bus of traveling Shiite pilgrims Monday and shot all 22 men onboard as they traveled through western Iraq's .

Feb 22, 2007 – The war between the two Islamic sects has left the U.S.'s hopes of building a stable Iraq in ruins. A look at the roots of the struggle —and .

By toppling Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has liberated and empowered Iraq's Shiite majority and has helped launch a broad Shiite revival that will .

Aug 8, 2011 – JURIST - Paper Chase: Bahrain releases two jailed Shiite lawmakers.

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6 days ago – A local Iraqi official called the series of blasts, which killed at least 10 people and wounded scores more, a sectarian strike. Government officials .

1 day ago – Police and medical officials say a car bomb has exploded near a mosque south of Baghdad, killing 17 people.

The major split in Islam is that between the majority Sunnis and the minority Shiites. The split goes back to events in the 7th century: After Mohammed's death in .

Feb 20, 2011 – Violent protests in Bahrain provoked by discontent among majority Shiite Muslims risk spilling over to their co-religionists in neighboring Saudi .

Sep 20, 2011 – Apparent sectarian attack on bus carrying Shiite Muslims.

Mar 21, 2011 – The implications of the worsening hostility for the world are nightmarish, for the entire region could soon be gripped by turmoil, bloodshed and .

May 2, 2011 – The Shiite sect began in the 650s, when 'Ali, the son-in-law of Mohammed, became Caliph. Many Arabs supported another candidate, the .

Feb 23, 2011 – As unrest continues to unfold across much of North Africa and the Middle East, fears of growing sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shiites .

Jesus through Shiite Narrations . Jesus through Shiite Narrations. Selected by. Mahdi Muntazir Qaim. Translated by. Al-Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen .

Jul 7, 2011 – Iran is directly supporting extremist Shi'ite groups that are killing US troops in Iraq and any agreement to keep American forces there beyond .

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