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Shia Islam [a] is the second-largest branch of Islam.It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661) as his successor (khalifa) as the imam, that is the spiritual and political leader of the Muslim community.
Shia Ulema Council Pakistan formerly Tehreek-e-Jafaria Pakistan was a part of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal coalition of Islamist political parties that won 11.3% of the popular vote and 53 out of 272 seats in the legislative elections held on 20 October 2002.
WikiShia is a free online encyclopedia about Shi'a Islam.It contains more than 23,000 content pages about Shia Islam in 13 languages including English, Persian, Spanish, Turkish, French, Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, German, Russian, Chinese, Hindi and Kiswahili.
Shia believe that the study of Islamic literature is a continual process, and is necessary for identifying all of God's laws. [ citation needed ] They believe that the process of finding God's laws from the available Islamic literature will facilitate dealing with any circumstance.
In Islam, the ulama (/ ˈ uː l ə ˌ m ɑː /; Arabic: علماء, romanized: ʿulamāʾ, lit. 'the learned ones'; [1] singular Arabic: عالِم, romanized: ʿālim; feminine singular alimah; plural aalimath [2]), also spelled ulema, are scholars of Islamic doctrine and law. They are considered the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters ...
Cook receiving the Farabi International Award in 2008, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presiding. The book has been reviewed by Donna Robinson Divine [7] and Ulrike Freitag. [8]Fred Donner praises the book as the pinnacle of classical philological orientalism, Christopher Melchert, Paul R. Powers, and Andrew Rippen all give positive assessments, and Michael Chamberlain calls it a "masterpiece".
Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt ) or his descendants known as Shia Imams .
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