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No. Shiite Islam is another sect with as much legitimacy as Sunni Islam. There just happen to be fewer Shiite Muslims. The initial separation was over political successorship to Mohammed, but over time smaller differences developed as the two theological communities remained separate. However, these differences do not compromise the core teachings of Islam that Sunnis, Shiites, Ibadis, and Kharijites share.
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The people who reject the early elected caliphs are the?
Shiites
What is the name for the smaller branch of Islam?
Shiites
What branch of Islam did the Fatimids follow?
the Shiites.
What was Iran religon called?
It is Islam (Shiites)
Why do the shiites worship?
shiites are Muslims and according Koran that is base of Islam laws any Muslim should worship.
Branch of Islam that supported the Omayyads?
Although the Omayyad were Sunnis but neither the Omayyads were against the Shiites nor the Shiites were against the Omayyads.
What are the branchs of Islam?
Mainly Sunnis and Shiites. Refer to question below.
What are some denominations of islam?
Sunnis and Shiites. Refer to question below.
What religion of Islam is in Asia?
It is Islam religion. Muslims are belonging to the main two different schools: Shiites and Sunnis.
Sunni and Shiite belonged to which religion?
The Sunnis belong to Islam and Shiites are a false sect who claim to be part of Islam.
What are the Savaks and Shiites?
SAVAK was the Iranian Secret Police under the Shah of Iran. Shiites are the sect of Islam that is dominant in Iran, Iraq, and Azerbaijan.
Do Shiites hate Saudi Arabia?
They hate Saudi family [Ibn Saud and his progeny] not Saudi Arabia, per se. Shiites hate Wahhabism (the movement of Sunni Islam that has official promotion in Saudi Arabia), not Arab people, because Wahhabism claims that Shiites are deviants from Islam and are a corrupted Jewish sect. This is untrue, since Shiites follow Islam from the time of Prophet Muhammad through his family (the sons and grandsons of his only daughter, Fatimah). Additionally, the Saudi government supports the persecution of Saudi Shiites and the destruction of their mosques.
