Shiite
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈʃiːaɪt/
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chiíta
- According to Hizbullah, there is a "doctrinal tie" between the Shiites of Lebanon and Iran.
- Sunnis and Shiites
- Shiites in Iraq
- Iraqi Shiites
And so one would think the this would be proto Shiites or Shiite recruiting grounds.
- And so one would think the this would be proto Shiites or Shiite recruiting grounds.
- They are probably most of them are, you know, at least nominally Shiites, Muslims.
- And This is why you can see Shiites helping Sunnis to fight Israel because they have something in common.
- Other side sort of like go with either the the Iranians are Shiites, the Egyptians and the Saudis, they're Sunnis.
- So if you say Shiite in today, it's perfectly acceptable.
Examples
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Many Shiite Muslims commemorate Ashura as a day of mourning and reflection.
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Some historians label this the Shiite century, with Shiite dynasties ruling twin caliphates and dominating much of the Muslim world.
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This was the empire that turned Iran into a Shiite nation.
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And the United States has a perspective around how much Shiite influence Washington would like to see in Baghdad.
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In Iran today, the nuclear physicists are getting their orders from people who are experts in Shiite theology.
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An official U.S. threat of military realignment would be hard for the Shiites to ignore.
Academic text (2006) -
The public at large, therefore, tends to think that all Muslims are Shiites from Arab countries, which is not true.
Academic text (1993) -
Najaf, in Iraq, had once been the Vatican of the Shiites and the producer of Shiite scholars.
Academic text (2003) -
About one in ten, like Jahan, are Shiites, widely represented in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, India, and Pakistan.
Academic text (1990) -
Iraq is the crossroads where Arabs meet Persians and Kurds, and Sunnis meet Shiites.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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4.9
A Muslim who believes Ali was the rightful leader after Muhammad
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7.2
A person who follows the branch of Islam that sees Ali as Muhammad's next leader
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4.1
A follower of Islam who believes Ali should have been leader after Muhammad and rejects the first three leaders
A Muslim who believes Ali was the rightful leader after Muhammad
A Muslim who follows the group that believes Ali and his family should lead after Muhammad
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shiite comes from the Arabic word Shīʿah, which means 'party' or 'followers'. It originally meant the 'party of Ali', so a Shiite is someone who belongs to the group that follows Ali as the rightful leader.