Definition of Shia Muslim

1. Noun. A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.

Exact synonyms: Shi'ite, Shi'ite Muslim, Shiite, Shiite Muslim
Group relationships: Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam
Generic synonyms: Moslem, Muslim

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shia Muslim

Shetland Islands
Shetland ponies
Shetland pony
Shetland sheep dog
Shetland sheepdog
Shetland wool
Shetlander
Shetlands
Shevat
Shevchenko
Shi'a
Shi'ite
Shi'ite Muslim
Shia
Shia Islam
Shia Muslim (current term)
Shia crescent
Shiah
Shiah Islam
Shiba Inu
Shibasaki
Shibley's sign
Shield of David
Shifts
Shiga
Shiga-Kruse bacillus
Shiga bacillus
Shiga like toxin
Shiga toxin

Literary usage of Shia Muslim

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Iran: Time for a New Approach : Report of an Independent Task Force by Zbigniew Brzezinski, Robert Michael Gates, Suzanne Maloney (2004)
"... Baloch: 2%; Turkmen: 2%; other: 1% Shia Muslim: 89% Sunni Muslim: 10% Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i: 1% Army: 325000 Navy: 18000 Air Force: ..."

2. Afghanistan's Two-Party Communism: Parcham and Khalq by Anthony Arnold (1983)
"... has a double minority status, being a Hazara and the only Shia Muslim in the DRA hierarchy. Born in 1936 near Kabul to a petty trader's family, ..."

3. Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation by J. Bruce Amstutz (1994)
"Ethnically, he belongs to the Mongoloid-looking Hazara minority; by birth he would be classified a Shia Muslim, a minority religious group. ..."

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