BOo Says:: What's A Shia?

Question

Whats a 'Shia' & Why Is Everybody Taling About Shia's?

Like: Sia's Only & Shia Users & Shia Question

Im confusued!!

Answer 1

i don't know , i asked the same

please answer

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 2

Salam sister

shia is a follower of shiaism

Shiaism is a deviant sect  of Islam

there are many other other deviant sects not Only shias  but shias are the majority deviant sect

to know more about them read the answers on this question.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

you can find there links and stuff on the difference between Islam and Shiaism

Salam

Answer 3

lol- a sect in islam like sunnis

Answer 4

Shia's and Sunni's are both Muslims. Just they both have slight difference on believes.. Only Slight. ;)

4 thumbs down?hmm? i wonder why.. blaaaaaaaa

Answer 5

Shia LeBeouf - actor, played Indiana Jones' kid in the latest film, was in Disturbia and Transformers....

Answer 6

sister , shias r a shame they don't present us

watch this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyj3Eu43Q...

now people will say "u r bashing shias" , but this isn't true , what u gonna tell a non-muslim who thinks they r the same with us?!

Answer 7

Shia worship Ali ibn-e Abi Talib and his family. You can watch videos on youtube.com of Shia's doing many types of worships to 12 or 14 Imams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySqsX1Fgf...

Answer 8

A member of the smaller of the two great divisions of Islam. The Shia originated in a dispute over who should be the legitimate successor to the Prophet; a majority of early Muslims accepted the tradition of community consensus to choose the leader, but a minority supported the claim of Ali, the Prophet's cousin, to inherit the mantle of leadership !!

A large portion of the world's s**+'a live in the Middle East. The s**+'a Muslims are a majority in Azerbaijan 85%, Iraq 65%, Bahrain  80% and Iran, where 90% of the population are s**+'a Muslims. They are significant minorities in Lebanon (35%), Syria (at 17%), India (at 10% of the Muslim population), Pakistan (at 20-35%) by including Ismailis and Moulai, Afghanistan (at 18%), Turkey (25%), Albania (20%), and Yemen (45%). The smaller Persian Gulf states of Qatar, Kuwait (at 36%) and the United Arab Emirates (at 16%) also have significant s**+'a minorities, as does the Eastern Province (~33%) of Saudi Arabia.