- Shia Islam
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- Imamah (Shi'a doctrine)
{{Shia Islam}}
... Caliph]]s or rightful successors of [[Muhammad|Muḥammad]], and [[Twelver Shi`ism|Twelver]] and [[Ismaili|Ismā‘īlī]] [[Shī‘ah]] further that the ...
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- Imamah (Shi'a twelver doctrine)
... sub-article to [[Imamah (Shi'a doctrine)]] and is specifically about the [[Shi'a]] [[twelver]] conception of the term.
... 06 |location=|publisher= |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067367/Shiite}}</ref>
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- Twelver Shi`ism
{{main|Shi'a Islam}}
... roximately 85% of Shi'a are Twelvers, representing the largest branch of [[Shi'a]] Islam.
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- Twelver Shi`ism/Holding area
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... 80% of Shi'a are Twelvers, representing the largest school of thought in [[Shi'a]] [[Islam]].
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- Imamah (Shi'a Ismaili doctrine)
:''This is a sub-article to [[Imamah (Shi'a doctrine)]].
... n the Imamah''' differs from the [[Imamah (Shi'a twelver doctrine)|Twelver Shi'a]] as well as Sunni views, in particular because the Imam in Ismailism is ...
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- Imamate
... mam]]'') with an [[English language]] [[suffix]] (''ate'') meaning ''leadership''. Its use in [[theology]] is confined to the religion of [[Islam]].<br / ...
... liphate'', an [[Romanization|anglicanized]] Arabic word meaning ''successorship'', is often used interchangably with the term ''Imamate''. Both terms, no ...
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- The Fourteen Infallibles
... ttp://books.google.com/books?id=sTFdNNQP4ewC&pg=PA463&vq=Infallible&dq=Dabashi+Theology+of+Discontent&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1&sig=ACfU3U1qqg-6MZbV5y- ...
... ef]] in God so that they find themselves in presence of God.<ref name="Dabashi"/>
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- Ismaili
... ūsà al-Kāżim]], younger brother of Ismāʿīlī, as the true [[Imamah (Shi'a Ismaili doctrine)|Imām]]. The Ismāʿīlī and the Twelvers both accept ...
... spiritual leader – of the Muslim community and that this spiritual leadership (known as ''Imāmah'') continues thereafter by hereditary succession thro ...
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- Zaidiyyah
{{Shia Islam}}
... ) is a [[Shi'a Islam|Shī'a]] [[madhhab]] (sect, school) named after the [[Shi'a Imam|Imām]] [[Zayd ibn Ali|Zayd ibn ˤAlī]]. Followers of the Zaidi f ...
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- Imam
==Shi'a imams==
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- Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid
Religion = [[Twelver Shi'a]]
... se in philosophical theology (c. 948-1022 CE) was an eminent [[Twelver]] [[Shi'a]] theologian.
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- Sunni-Shia relations
... ica]] and the rest of the Arab world. The historic background of the Sunni-Shia split lies in the [[schism]] that occurred when the [[Prophets of Islam|I ...
Over the years Sunni-Shia relations have been marked by both cooperation and conflict. Today there ...
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- Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Shirazi
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... as known for his high moral values, modesty and spirituality, ''[[Imam]]'' Shirazi was a mentor and a source of aspiration to his followers; and, his fol ...
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- Islam
... 7th century following disagreements over the religious and political leadership of the Muslim community. Islam is the predominant religion in [[Africa]] ...
... ptance of and submission to God, and believers must demonstrate this by worshipping him, following his commands, and avoiding [[polytheism]]. The word is ...
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- Caliphate
... language|Arabic]] '''خلافة''' or ''khilāfa'') is the political leadership of the Muslim community in classical and medieval Islamic history and jur ...
... lam and the Muslim World,'' (2004) v.1, p.116-123</ref> and according to [[Shia Islam]], is an [[Imam]] descended in a line from the [[Ahl al-Bayt]]. Fro ...
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- Glossary of Islamic terms in Arabic
; [[Abd (Arabic)|{{transl|sem|‘Abd}}]] (عبد) : servant, worshipper, slave. Muslims consider themselves servants and slaves of God. Common ...
... هل البيت ) : members of [[Muhammad]]'s Household. Also known among Shia as the Masumin (infallibles; spiritually pure).
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