matawali in Lebanese Arabic), are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role alongside Lebanon's main Sunni,...

one of the five Lebanese Muslim communities (Sunni, Shia, Druze, Alawi, and Ismaili), even though most Druze do not identify as Muslims, and they do not...

in Lebanon tied with Shias. Sunni Islam in Lebanon has a history of more than a millennium. According to a CIA 2018 study, Lebanese Sunni Muslims constitute...

and the western Beqaa Valley.[citation needed] Lebanese Shias are concentrated in Southern Lebanon, Baalbek District, Hermel District and the south...

the population and are included among Lebanese Shia Muslims. Alawites are eligible for two seats in the Lebanese parliament, representing Alawites of Akkar...

Orthodox Christians Lebanese Shia Muslims Lebanese Sunni Muslims Lebanese Druze "International Religious Freedom Report for 2012: Lebanon". United States...

Iraq and Syria launched a persecution of Shia. Sunni Muslims are the vast majority of Muslims in most Muslim communities in Central Asia (including China)...

al-Lubnāniyya, or أَمَل AMAL), also designated Lebanese Resistance Battalions, Lebanese Resistance Detachments, Lebanese Resistance Legions and Battalions de la...

and Lebanese Sunni Muslims comprised the majority in the coastal cities; Lebanese Shia Muslims were primarily based throughout southern Lebanon and in...

to Lebanon, where they were registered as Palestinian refugees. In 1994, the people who fled from these seven Shia villages were granted Lebanese citizenship...

Shia Muslims are a numerical majority in Iraq and Bahrain. Approximately 35% of the population in Yemen and half of the Muslims in Lebanon are Shia Muslims...

The following is a list of notable Shia Muslims. Ali ibn Ridwan – Egyptian Muslim physician, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher Haider Alhassen Al-ʻIjliyyah...

is a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut, in the Baabda District of Lebanon. It has a minority of Sunni Muslims, Christians, and a...

Melkite Christians Lebanese Protestant Christians Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christians Lebanese Shia Muslims Lebanese Sunni Muslims Lebanese Druze Department...

Ruhollah Khomeini, whose Shia Islamist policies became known as Khomeinism. Though a minority of the world Muslim community, Twelver Shias form the majority...

two sons Hasan and Husayn, whom Shia Muslims believe possess special spiritual and political authority over the Muslim community. Later events such as...

August 1978) was an Iranian-Lebanese Shia Muslim cleric and politician. In Lebanon, he founded and revived many Lebanese Shia organizations, including schools...

Development and Liberation Bloc. He was born in Bo, Sierra Leone to Lebanese Shia parents on 28 January 1938. His father, Mustafa Berri, was a trader...

five Lebanese Muslim communities in Lebanon (Sunni, Shia, Druze, Alawi, and Ismaili), even though the Druze are no longer considered Muslim. Lebanon's constitution...

estimated that 10-13% of Muslims worldwide adhere to Shia Islam, with a global total of between 154 million and 200 million Shia Muslims. In the Americas, Pew...

also known by his aliases Al-Hajj Tahsin or Al-Hajj Abdul Khader) was a Lebanese militant leader who served as commander-in-chief of Hezbollah's special...

Mohammad Raad (Arabic: محمد رعد; born 1 January 1955) is a Lebanese politician of the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militia Hezbollah, who serves...

civil war (1975–1990). Mahdi was born to a Shia Muslim family in 1936 in Harouf, close to the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh. His parents moved him and...

irregular militia that is composed of Shia and Sunni Muslims, Christians, and Druze who subscribe to Lebanese nationalism and strong anti-Zionist beliefs...

pagers exploded across Lebanon. List of members of the 2005–2009 Lebanese Parliament List of members of the 2009–2017 Lebanese Parliament List of members...

parliamentary election in Lebanon, Bourj al-Barajneh voted in the Baabda electoral division. Its local population is mainly Lebanese Shia Muslims but due to its...

Ears of the Lebanese State". Asharq AL-awsat. "Lebanese security chief tests positive for COVID-19 in U.S". Reuters. October 19, 2020. "Lebanon security...

Governorate, located in the south of Lebanon. After completing his university studies, he joined Hezbollah during the Lebanese Civil War. Over time, he rose...

state. The major religious groups among the Lebanese people within Lebanon are Shia Muslims (27%), Sunni Muslims (27%), Maronite Christians (21%), Greek Orthodox...

all Shia Muslims under one banner. On the other hand, this concept shows the increasing political weight of Shia in the Middle East. Areas in the Shia Crescent...