NOUN
- a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
How To Use Shiite Muslim In A Sentence
- the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims
- Although the oil-rich kingdom has escaped the sort of unrest unleashed in Egypt, Libya or Tunisia, there have been signs of domestic discontent over high unemployment, as well as some nervousness that Saudi Arabia's Shiite Muslim minority could be inspired by the protests of their co-religionist neighbors in Bahrain. Saudi King to Return Home as Turmoil Sweeps Region
- Qassem Zein/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ASHURA FESTIVAL: Shiite Muslims carried candles outside the Imam Ali shrine during an Ashura ceremony Sunday in the Najaf, Iraq. Today's Photos: Jan. 5
- Left, Shiite Muslims flagellated themselves during a Muharram procession in Amroha, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday. India Observes Muharram
- Iraq has a large Shiite Muslim religious shrines, each year tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims from around the world come to pilgrims, mostly from neighboring Iran.
- Authorities had braced for large - scale protests marking the culmination Sunday of an important Shiite Muslim commemoration.
- Mr. Dulame said Iraqis from the Shiite muslim majority generally prefer President Bush.
- During the mass, Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-hakim , son of the head of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political organization, walked into the church.
- the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government
- At that time, millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims converged in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad, to mark the religious saints Imam. 700 anniversary of Hussein's death ceremony.
