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Definition of Shiite 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 Shiite Muslim
Literary usage of Shiite muslim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"... and, most importantly, Muslim religious opponents led in February 1979 to the
Shah's overthrow and his replacement by a shiite muslim religious leader, ..."
2. The New Great Game in Muslim Central Asia by Mohammed E. Ahrari (2000)
"As a shiite muslim state, it cannot become an effective force in that area, where,
save for Azerbaijan, the predominant portion of the Muslim population ..."
3. 40 Km Into Lebanon: Israel's 1982 Invasion by H. Thomas Davis (1995)
"... Q Sunnite Muslim ® shiite muslim O Druze A Jewish Source: Walid Khalidi,
Conflict and Violence in Lebanon: Confrontation in the Middle East (Cambridge, ..."
4. Shifting African Identities by S. B. Bekker, Martine Dodds, Meshack M. Khosa (2001)
"The President is a Maronite Christian; the Prime Minister, a shiite muslim; the
Speaker of the House has to be a Sunni, and the seats of the legislature are ..."
5. Bas-reliefs from the Temple of Rameses I at Abydos by Herbert Eustis Winlock (1921)
"... of the Lord of Eternity, just as to this day the shiite muslim can cherish no
fonder wish than to be buried at Kerbela near the sainted Hosein. ..."
6. Challenge and Response: Anticipating U. S. Military Security Concern by Karl P. Magyar (1994)
"The Iranians have not tried to cultivate Azerbaijan as an ideological bridgehead,
despite the fact that the republic is predominately shiite muslim as is ..."
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