Shiite Muslim
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈʃiːaɪt ˈmʌzlɪm/
:
musulmán chií
- It's based in Iraq, it has links to the Shiite Muslims.
- Sunni and Shiite Muslims
- Shiite Muslim cleric
- Shiite Muslim kidnappers
Examples
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Shaima Alawadi was a religious Shiite Muslim who wore a hijab.
Blog text (25) -
Few Kashmiri Hindus, Buddhists, or Shiite Muslims would readily join a Sunni-dominated independent Kashmir, even if its government professed a commitment to protecting minority rights.
Academic text (2006) -
The only protests that gathered steam were in the majority-Shiite Muslim east, and even those were quickly put down.
Blog text (22) -
IMO, he's a Shiite Muslim in sheep's clothing, and he will do anything to bring in his new world order to the U.S.A.
Blog text (6) -
Parliament must elect a Maronite Christian as president and a Shiite Muslim as Speaker, and the president must name a Sunni Muslim to be prime minister.
Academic text (2006) -
Along with rising ethnic tensions, Karachi has also experienced ongoing gangland-style power struggles between Sunni and Shiite Muslims for control of the city's religious institutions.
Academic text (2002) -
In Iraq, most of the population identifies as Shiite Muslims, following the teachings of Ali.
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The festival is an important event for Shiite Muslims, who commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein.
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Many Shiite Muslims believe in the concept of Imamate, emphasizing the leadership of the Imams.
Synonyms
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7.9
A Muslim who follows the group that accepts Ali as Muhammad's successor
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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
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'Shiite' specifies a particular branch and 'Muslim' names a follower of Islam, so a learner who knows both words can readily infer it means a Muslim who adheres to Shiʿa beliefs about Ali's succession. The combination follows normal modifier + noun patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Shiite Muslim comes from the Arabic word 'Shia', which means 'followers'. The word Shiite was used for people who believed Ali should be the leader after Muhammad, and Muslim means a follower of Islam, so today the term names members of that group.