Shi'ite

Noun

Meaning

a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

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A cycle of violence thus ensued whereby Sunni insurgent attacks were followed reprisals by Shiite militias, often in the form of Shi'ite death squads that sought out and killed Sunnis. Source: Internet

According to a Syrian opposition website, on the 'Ashura, which this year occurred in early November, "the streets of Damascus, the 'Umayyad capital,' were filled with Shi'ite sights and self-flagellation rituals." Source: Internet

He was believed to have ordered the army to kill thousands of rebelling Marsh Arabs and was instrumental in suppressing Shi'ite rebellions in the mid-1990s. Source: Internet

Jahanpur said health officials had called for the suspension of all religious gatherings in Qom, a Shi'ite Muslim holy city about 120 km south of the capital Tehran, according to ISNA. Source: Internet

Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims at Imam Ali Shrine in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on March 16, 2020 after the Najaf authorities banned all visits by non-residents following the outbreak of coronavirus. Source: Internet

A further six people were killed in an explosion near a Shi'ite worship site in Mahmudiya, about 30 km south of Baghdad. Source: Internet

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