Shi'i
Meaning
A "Shi'i" describes something or someone related to Shia Islam, one of the two main branches of Islam. It can mean a Shi'i Muslim or practices, beliefs, or communities of Shia tradition.
Synonyms
Examples
Momen, Moojan, An Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Yale University Press, 1985, p.123 *The growth of the Akhbari School which preached that only the Quran, hadith are to be bases for verdicts, rejecting the use of reasoning.
Momen, Moojan, Introduction to Shi'i Islam, Yale University Press, 1985, p.174.
He was tolerant towards Shi'i, but toward the Umayyad community he was not so just.
Supporters of the Bábís paint their struggle as basically defensive in nature; Shi'i writers on the other hand point to this period as proof of the subversive nature of Bábísm.