Sample Sentences for
Shia
(editor-reviewed)

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    They became known as Shias, shortened from Shia-t-Ali, the Party of Ali.  (source)
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    It was a bigoted Sunni slur for Shia Muslims.  (source)
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    Some background on Islam in Iraq: There were two main groups of Muslims in Iraq, Sunnis and Shiites.  (source)
    Shiites = people of the second most populous denomination of Islam (about 10% of Muslims but a majority in Iraq)
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    Moody's family was composed of Shiite Moslems, of which the western world knew little.†  (source)
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    No Shia will dare to interfere with our work now, Inshallah.†  (source)
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    After Muhammad died in Aisha's arms (according to Sunni doctrine, which is disputed by Shiites), she took on an active and public role, in a way that annoyed many men.†  (source)
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    In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that.  (source)
    Shi'a = second most populous denomination of Islam (over 10%)
    unconventional spelling: In the West, this is more commonly spelled Shia.
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    We Muslims are split between Sunnis and Shias—we share the same fundamental beliefs and the same Holy Quran, but we disagree over who was the right person to lead our religion when the Prophet, PBUH, died in the seventh century.  (source)
    Shias = second most populous denomination of Islam (over 10%) and associated with Iran
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    But she learned that there were Shiite and Sunni interpretations of the Qur'an, and within any mosque there were the same variations in faith and commitment as there were in any church.†  (source)
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    Our own founder, Jinnah, was a Shia, and Benazir Bhutto's mother was also a Shia from Iran.  (source)
    Shia = second most populous denomination of Islam (over 10%)
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    An extremely poor area even by Iraqi standards, Sadr City was packed with radical Shiites.  (source)
    Shiites = people of the second most populous denomination of Islam (about 10% of Muslims but a majority in Iraq)
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    Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hizb-e-Wahdat faction, known as Baba Mazari among his fellow Hazaras, with strong Shi'a ties to Iran.  (source)
    Shi'a = second most populous denomination of Islam (over 10%)
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    They became known as Shias, shortened from Shia-t-Ali, the Party of Ali.  (source)
    Shias = people of the second most populous denomination of Islam (over 10%)
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