of Zakzaky’s Ikhwani.” Shia faith was "almost unknown" in Nigeria until the 1980s, when Ibraheem Zakzaky introduced Shia Islam. Zakzaky's gained a following...

Nigeria" to Shia Islam has taken place in Nigeria since the Iranian Revolution. Shia Muslims protest that they have been persecuted by the Nigerian government...

Shia Islam in Africa is the continent's second most widely professed sect of Islam behind Sunni Islam. The "African Shia Islamic Movement" is a Nigeria-based...

Christianity and Islam are the two main religions practiced in Nigeria. The country is home to some of the world's largest Christian and Muslim populations...

Shia Islam in Egypt refers to the community of Shia Muslims living in Egypt. Shia Islam has a long pedigree in Egypt. The Isma'ili Fatimids came to power...

Islam is one of the two largest religions in Nigeria. Nigeria also has the largest Muslim population in Africa. In 2018, the CIA World Factbook estimated...

foremost Shi'a Muslim cleric in Nigeria Hasan Shahhata -Shi'a Muslim cleric in egypt Muhammad al-Tijani -a Tunisian Shia Islamic scholar, academic and theologian...

Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, on Saturday, 12 December 2015, against Shia Muslims, mostly members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria...

Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Arabic: الحركة الاسلامية في نيجيريا) is a banned Shia religious organization which aims to establish an Islamic state in...

Shia Islam (/ˈʃiːə/) is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661 CE) as his...

of Nigeria's Islamic Movement, which he started in the late 1970s, when he was a student at Ahmadu Bello University, and began propagating Shia Islam around...

Shia Islam in Yemen is practiced by a substantial minority of the population, with the vast majority of Shia Muslims in Yemen being Zaydi, while a minority...

Shia Islam dates from the initial ideological rift among early Muslims that led to the two primary denominations of Islam, the Sunnis and the Shias....

Lebanese Shia community has played a major role in the history and development of Shia Islam in Nigeria, particularly in Kano. While the Lebanese Nigerian community...

Badiane, Shia Islam has been present in Senegal for many centuries, and can be traced back to the Idrisid Dynasty. Unlike Shia Islam in Nigeria, in Senegal...

are considered Shia strongholds. In contrast, Sunni Islam is dominant in the northern regions. Islam arrived in Azerbaijan with Arabs in the seventh century...

are the two main types of Islam in Iraq: Shia Islam, which is practiced by about 55-60% of Muslims, and Sunni Islam, which is practiced by about 35-40%...

naturalization of Sunni migrants in Bahrain. Most major mosques in the country were Shia, however, the ruling family practices Sunni Islam. According to the Washington...

people) Shia (10–13%, roughly 180–230 million people). In a 2010 publication, there were 50 Muslim-majority countries. Islam is the majority religion in several...

2016. Shia Centre demolished in Nigeria Archived 2008-08-07 at archive.today AhlulBayt Islamic Mission, 02 August 2007 Statement: Nigerian Shia Muslims...

their perceived apostasy (ridda). In addition, there are several differences within Sunnī and Shīʿa Islam: Sunnī Islam is separated into four main schools...

faith". Due to decades of Saudi funding, Shia Islam is openly and freely demonised and Shia Muslims are oppressed in the country, their prayers and gatherings...

jurisprudence. Shias are estimated to constitute about 10-15 percent of the country's population. Major traditions of Shia Islam found in Pakistan include...

(Sunni, Shia, Druze, Alawi, and Ismaili), even though most Druze do not identify as Muslims, and they do not accept the five pillars of Islam. Under the...

newly enthroned Safavid dynasty initiated a massive campaign to install Shia Islam as Iran's official sect, aggressively proselytizing the faith and forcibly...

The Shia clergy are the religious leaders of Shia Islam. Shia Islam places great importance on the guidance of clergy, and each branch of Shi'ism maintains...

Islam is the dominant religion in Libya, with 97% of Libyans following Sunni Islam. Article 5 of the Libyan Constitution declared that Islam was the official...

Shia Muslims have been persecuted by the Islamic State (IS), an Islamist terrorist group, since 2014. Persecutions have taken place in Iraq, Syria, and...

Islam is the majority and state religion in Algeria. The vast majority of citizens are Sunni Muslims belonging to Maliki school of jurisprudence, with...

slavery under its rule in contravention of the anti-slavery consensus of the Islamic scholarly community. The group's persecution of Shia Muslims has also been...