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...

are predominantly Sunni Muslim, but include Christians and Shia Muslims. Under the National Pact, the president of Lebanon must be a Maronite Christian...

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

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

traditions, and customs between Shia and Sunni Muslims. Although all Muslim groups consider the Quran to be divine, Sunni and Shia have different opinions on...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Raad (Arabic: محمد رعد; born 22 August 1955 [1]) is a Lebanese politician of the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militia Hezbollah, who serves...

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

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

while also having a large Muslim group of Sunni and Shia branches. Lebanon, in both its modern-day form as the Lebanese state (declared 1920; independent...

needed] Lebanese Muslims are still the largest and highest-profile Muslim group in Australia, although Lebanese Christians form a majority of Lebanese Australians...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Talal Hamiyah (Arabic: طلال حمية) is a Lebanese militant leader. A senior military commander in Hezbollah since its founding in the early 1980s, he is...

بشرى خليل) is a Lebanese Shiite lawyer from Southern Lebanon. Originally from the town of Jwaya, Khalil graduated from the Lebanese University (UL) in...

for millions of Shia Muslims. Najaf is the site of Ali's tomb, and Karbala is the site of the tomb of Muhammad's grandson, third Shia imam Husayn ibn...

ميليسا; born 9 February 1982 as Myriam Shehab (Arabic: ميريام شهاب)) is a Lebanese singer. Melissa was discovered by music producers Fady Bitar and Jean Saliba...

civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shia Muslims, causing an international uproar. Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982. Defense Minister of Israel...