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  2. BYU College of Humanities - Wikipedia

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    The BYU English Language Center is a Laboratory School operated by the BYU Department of Linguistics and English Language, which is a sub-division of the College of Humanities. The School admits non-English speaking students of college age for intensive courses in English.

  3. Shia Islam in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    The Shia protesters were violently repressed, and their situation did not improve. These protests were a turning point in the relations between the Saudi Shia minority and the Saudi regime because they led to the radicalisation of both sides. [38] The protests took place in a region where competing states use sectarianism to expand their influence.

  4. Shia Islam - Wikipedia

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    Shia Muslims gathered in prayer at the Shrine of Imam Ḥusayn in Karbala, Iraq. Shia religious practices, such as prayers, differ only slightly from the Sunnīs. While all Muslims pray five times daily, Shia Muslims have the option of combining Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha', as there are three distinct times mentioned in the Quran. The ...

  5. Schools of Islamic theology - Wikipedia

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    The Shia hadiths include the sayings of the Imams. They are the largest Shia school of thought (93%), predominant in Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain and have a significant population in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Kuwait and the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia.

  6. Ibn Abi Jumhur al-Ahsa'i - Wikipedia

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    Ibn Abi Jumhur’s theological intention was to form a new sect or at least to reform Shia Islam to become an all-inclusive ecumenical doctrine. The Shi’a sect alone was not a large enough platform for his opinions, and he pointed out areas where Shi’ites lacked curiosity and educated ulama, so he wanted to bring it up to date with the ...

  7. Union of Muslim Ulama - Wikipedia

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    The Union of Muslim Ulama, which was unique because of its combined Sunni-Shia membership, strove to eliminate tensions between the two communities. For that reason, it organized mass rallies to propagate its views to the broadest audience possible. In 1987 the union was led by Shaykh Mahir Hammud (a Sunni) and Shaykh Zuhayr Kanj (a Shia).

  8. List of Shia Muslim scholars of Islam - Wikipedia

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    Abu Mikhnaf (died 774); Burayd b. Muʿāwiya al-ʿIjlī (died before 765) al-Thumali, Abu Hamzah (d. 767); Yahya b. Abi l-Qasim al-Asadi, known as Abu Basir al-Asadi (died 767) ...

  9. Usulism - Wikipedia

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    Usulism (Arabic: الأصولية, romanized: al-ʾUṣūliyya) is the majority school of Twelver Shia Islam in opposition to the minority Akhbarism.The Usulis favor the use of ijtihad (reasoning) in the creation of new rules of jurisprudence; in assessing hadith to exclude traditions they believe unreliable; and in considering it obligatory to obey a mujtahid when seeking to determine ...