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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.
Group relationships: Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam
Generic synonyms: Moslem, Muslim
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shia Muslim
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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