A member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs.
1They are of Tajik, Uzbek or Mongol descent and largely Shia Muslim.
2The bombs were detonated yesterday in largely Shia Muslim areas of the country.
3She is a Shia Muslim and had a temporary marriage for six months.
4It is in a mainly Shia Muslim part of the capital.
5He said it would not just be the Shia Muslim community feeling the loss.
6The sisters were born two years apart into the Dawoodi Bohra Shia Muslim community.
7Iran is an ally of the Houthis, who belong to a Shia Muslim sect.
8He is an ethnic Hazara and a Shia Muslim.
9About 127 people were wounded by the blast in the poor, mostly Shia Muslim area.
10Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Muslim militant group, and Iran are both allies of the Syrian government.
11Meanwhile, the 3rd Infantry Division thrust northwards after encircling the Shia Muslim shrine city of Karbala.
12Lynda traveled to Auckland to find out more about the little heard from Shia Muslim community.
13Pakistan is suspending phone coverage in many cities this weekend to prevent violence during Shia Muslim commemorations.
14The hospital is in a neighbourhood where most people are Shia Muslim from the ethnic Hazara community.
15Kataib Hezbollah - a Shia Muslim militia group that is backed by Iran - was founded in 2007.
16Thousands of people have been killed in the area since a Shia Muslim rebellion erupted in June 2004.
Translations for Shia Muslim