Shia/Shiites

Shiites consider Hazrat Ali as the first true leader (Imam) of the Muslim community. Shiites religious practice revolves around the remembrance of Hazrat Ali’s younger son Hazrat Hussain who was martyred in the city of Karbala in Iraq in the year 680 AD. [33]

 

[33] Blanchard C. M. (2009). Shia Islam: Development and Basic Tenets. Shia Practices and Core Beliefs. January 28, 2009. Congressional Research Service (CRS). Retrieved on: December 27, 2012.Retrieved from: http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21745.pdf.