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Shia Muslims are a minority in Bangladesh, with roughly 2% of the population being Shia.[needs update] Many Bangladeshi Shi'a Muslims belong to the Bihari...

Nations categorizes Bangladesh as a moderate democratic Muslim country. Sunni Islam is the largest religion in the country and in all of its districts...

revenge divided the early Islamic community, albeit disproportionately, into the Sunni and the Shia. This is known today as the Islamic schism. The present...

Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for...

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...

face South view At Muharram Night Architecture of Bengal Shia Islam in Bangladesh Shia Islam in India "Husaini Dalan". Banglapedia. Shiraji, M. M. (2006)...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, lit. 'Bangladesh Islamic Congress'), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, is...

is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 90% of all Shīas. The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained...

Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about...

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

(87–90%, roughly 1.7 billion people) or Shia (10–13%, roughly 180–230 million people). Islam is the majority religion in several subregions: Central Asia, Western...

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

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...

(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...

Shia procession in Bangladesh, 1 dead". Economic Times. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2023. "The Revival of Jihad in Bangladesh: Is Islamic State...

of Islam in a 2011 census. India also has the third-largest number of Muslims in the world. The majority of India's Muslims are Sunni, with Shia making...

state-fostered rise of an Iran-based Shia clergy, a synthesis was formed between Iranian culture and Shia Islam that marked each indelibly with the tincture...

distinct traditions: Shia Islam (55-60%) and Sunni Islam (35-40%). Iraq is home to many religious cities important for both Shia and Sunni Muslims. Baghdad...

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...

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