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After the Safavid dynasty established Shiism as the official religion of Iran in the sixteenth century, Jews were more tolerated than embraced.
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Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
In the Red Sea, the Houthis, who are adherents of a variant of Shiism, have relentlessly attacked commercial shipping, provoking the United States and the United Kingdom to strike Houthi targets in Yemen.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2024
Zaydi theology differs significantly from the main type of Shiism practiced in Iran and Lebanon, but throughout the years the Houthis have moved their religion closer to that of Iran, importing Iranian customs.
—Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
There are important doctrinal differences between mainstream Shiism and Zaidi Islam: mainstream Shiites recognize 12 imams, for instance, while Zaidis recognize only five.
—Alexandra Stark, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
Because the Shia identity is more expansive and open ended than that of the Sunni many heterodox groups take refuge under the umbrella of Shiism even if their connection to the Twelve Shiism dominant in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, is tenuous at best.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2013
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Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
In the Red Sea, the Houthis, who are adherents of a variant of Shiism, have relentlessly attacked commercial shipping, provoking the United States and the United Kingdom to strike Houthi targets in Yemen.
—Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2024
Zaydi theology differs significantly from the main type of Shiism practiced in Iran and Lebanon, but throughout the years the Houthis have moved their religion closer to that of Iran, importing Iranian customs.
—Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
There are important doctrinal differences between mainstream Shiism and Zaidi Islam: mainstream Shiites recognize 12 imams, for instance, while Zaidis recognize only five.
—Alexandra Stark, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
Because the Shia identity is more expansive and open ended than that of the Sunni many heterodox groups take refuge under the umbrella of Shiism even if their connection to the Twelve Shiism dominant in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon, is tenuous at best.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2013
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“Shiism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shiism. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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