Shia – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Shia
n.
the Shiites; a Shiite
Shia Islam
Shia (;
Shīʿah), an abbreviation of
Shīʻatu ʻAlī (, "followers of Ali"), is a
branch of
Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet
Muhammad's proper successor as
Caliph was his son-in-law and cousin
Ali ibn Abi Talib. Shia Islam primarily contrasts with
Sunni Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad's father-in-law
Abu Bakr, not Ali ibn Abi Talib, was his proper successor.
Shia
Noun
1. one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam; mainly in Iran
(synonym) Shiah, Shiah Islam, the Shiites
(hypernym) sect, religious sect, religious order
(member-holonym) Islam, Islamism, Muslimism, Muhammadanism, Mohammedanism, Mohammadanism
(member-meronym) Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslim
Shia
The term "Shia" means "party" or "partisans," and refers to the followers of
Ali who held that Mohammed had appointed Ali as his successor. After Ali's assassination, they split from their fellow Moslems (who became know as the
Sunni Moslems). In English, this branch of Islam is called
Shiite Islam.
Shia
s.
sjia, sjiamuslim
