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Buwayhid
A Shi'ite Muslim tribal confederation from the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. The Buwayhids conquered Persia in the early 900s, and were themselves conquered by the Seljuk Turks after 1037 ...
Al Hawza
al Hawza or al Hauza is a newspaper in Iraq, started after the removal of Saddam Hussein and is considered the mouthpiece for Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Sadr. It was shut down by the United States-led administration on March 28, 2004, after being accused of encouraging violence against Coalition ...
Fear of a Punk Planet
Fear Of A Punk Planet is The Vandals' fourth album. Released in August of 1991. Tracks Pizza Tran The Rog Join Us For Pong Hey Homes! Girls Turn 18 Every Day Kill My Tenant Summer Lovin' The Day Farrah Fawcett Died Anti Teenage Idol Small Wonder Phone Machine Shi'ite Punk China Town Working For ...
Qom
Qom or Qum (قم in Persian) is a city in Iran. It is the center of the Qom province, with a population of 780,000. The city is one of the holy cities for Shi'ite Muslims, as it is the site of the tomb of Fatima, sister of Imam Reza. Qom was the home for many years of the Ayatollah Khomeini who ...
Al-Saffah
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Festival of Muharram
The Festival of Muharram is an important period of mourning in the Shi'ite branch of Islam. It signifies the Karbala tragedy when Husayn bin Ali, a grandson of Muhammad, was martyred. This festival is observed in the first month of the Hijra year, Muharram, in October. Mourners beat their chests ...
Ibadhi Muslim
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Tobacco Protest
The Tobacco Protest occurred in Iran in 1891. It was a revolt against concessions to westerners led by the Shi'ite clergy. In 1890 Shah Nasir al-Din granted a tobacco concession to a British company... organized by Shi'ite ulama . The clerics had a strong independent power base to attack the shah's ...
Battle of the Zab
force of Persians, Shi'ite Arabs and Abbasid soldiers at the Zab. Marwan's army was, on paper at ...
10  Saqifah
is the version of history accepted by Shi'ite Muslims. The Sunni Muslim version of history denies ...
11  Sunni Islam
. Two smaller groups also were created from this schism: The Shi'ites and the Kharijites (Khawarij), also known as the seceders. The Shi'ites believed that the only legitimate leadership rested in the lineage of Muhammed's cousin and son-in-law, 'Ali. The Shi'ites believed that the rest of the Muslim ...
12  Hobson-Jobson
of Everything : The title is classically British Indian. It is a cockney corruption of the Shi'ite ...
13  List of mosques
mosque in Kashgar, People's Republic of China Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf, Iraq, the holiest Shi'ite mosque ...
14  Mashhad
Mashhad (مشهد in Persian) is a city located 850 kilometers East of Tehran, Iran, and the center of the province of Khorasan. It is the capital of Khorasan province. Imam Reza (the eighth Shi'ite Imam) is buried in this city. The city's climatic condition is varied with very cold winters ...
15  Selim I
century. A Sunni Muslim, he resolved on putting down the Shi'ite heresy, which had gained many adherents..., where the heresy was the prevalent religion, and in order that the Shi'ites in Turkey should give no ...


 
 
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