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Fatwas are based on the question and answer process found in the Quran, which seeks to enlighten on theological and philosophical issues, hadith, legal theory, duties, and the Sharia law. [1] Sunni fatwas have been used to justify the persecution of Shia throughout their history. [2] [3] [4]
Many authorities supported the fatwa, including the secretary general of the Lebanese Ummah Movement, Abdul Nasser Al-Jabri; the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Hammam Saeed; [27] [28] Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umri; [29] Sheikh Maher Mezher, the head of the Sunni society to support the resistance in Lebanon; [30] secretary general of ...
Under Shaltut, Sunni-Shia ecumenical activities would reach their zenith. [1] The fatwa is the fruit of a decade-long collaborative effort between a group of Sunni and Shia scholars at the Dar al-Taqreeb al-Madhahib al-Islamiyyah ("center for bringing together the various Islamic schools of thought") theological center at Al-Azhar University in ...
Islam in Lebanon has a long and continuous history. According to an estimate by the CIA, it is followed by 69.3% of the country's total population, up from about 30% of population in 1950s (excluding Druzes). [3] Sunnis make up 31.9%, [4] Twelver Shia make up 32%, [5] next to smaller percentages of other Shia branches, such as Alawites and ...
Lebanese Shiite Muslims (Arabic: المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيون), communally and historically known as matāwila (Arabic: متاولة, plural of متوال mutawālin; [2] pronounced as متوالي metouali or matawali in Lebanese Arabic [3]), are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role alongside Lebanon's main Sunni, Maronite ...
After the death of Muhammad in 632, the Muslim world split into two camps, the Sunnis, who believed that the caliphs of the Islamic community should be chosen by consensus, and a second group, the Shia who believed that Mohammed’s successors should be members of his own family, beginning with Ali ibn Abi Talib, his cousin and son-in-law.
The last census in Lebanon in 1932 put the numbers of Sunnis at 22% of the population (178,100 of 791,700). [21] A study done by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1985 put the numbers of Sunnis at 27% of the population (595,000 of 2,228,000). [21] Sunni Muslims constitute 27% of Lebanon's population, according to a 2012 estimate. [20]
Although Shias make up 55-60% of Bahraini Muslim population, the ruling absolute monarchy is Sunni. Shias in Bahrain have met oppression for many years, during the 2011 Uprisings, a collaborative effort between Shia and Sunni communities sought to bring about the overthrow of the monarchy. Regrettably, during this period, there were instances ...