The Zaidi Shi'as (occasionaly called Fivers due to belief of just 5 imams) believe that the imamate is:
The cast of Shia of Haiti - 2010 includes: Hussain Ahmad Qasim Zaidi as himself
near 1-2% of Libya population are shia Muslims. according to related link below:
near 1-2% of Libya population are shia Muslims. according to related link below:
shia Muslims are not Kafir. this is a propaganda made by some extremist Muslims who do Takfir. (Wahhabi Muslims)
It depends on how to define Sahabi. according to (at least part of) Sunni Muslims yes he was. but accordign to Shia Muslims No, he was not.
He is the second Caliph (ruler) of Muslims according to Sunni Muslims and is an illegitimate ruler who got power according to Shia Muslims. according to Shia Muslims only God has the right to select a Caliph. one of his actions was attacking to Iran. according to Shia Muslims this action of him was not an Islamic action because many of Iranians had been converted to Islam before this attack specially by the Persian companions of Messenger of God Muhammad SAWW like Salman the Persian and other companions and there was no need for this war.
No, Shia constitute about 15% of total Muslims in the world.
Approximately one of every five Muslims are Shia Muslims. so there are around 350,000 Shia Muslims in the world.
The majority of Persians (today, that's Iran and Iraq) are Shia Muslims.
Answer 1Sunni literally means who follow Sunnah (practice) of prophet Muhammad SAWW. but shia Muslims believe they are real sunni. according to shia Muslims any Muslim who does not believe in Imamat as one of five pillars of Islam is a sunni Muslim.
Sunni Muslims Shia Muslims
The official religion or race of Iran is shia of course, where over 85% of the population is shia. While the rest are sunnis.