Shia Islam

Summary

Shia Islam is an Islamic denomination^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of islamic_denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,168 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shia Islam's instance of is recorded as Islamic denomination^[3].
• Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib is named after Shia Islam^[4].
• Shia Islam is a type of Islam^[5].
• Shia Islam is part of Islam^[6].
• Shia Islam's Commons category is recorded as Shiism^[7].
• Shia Islam comprises Twelver Shiism^[8].
• Shia Islam comprises Zaidism^[9].
• Shia Islam comprises Isma'ilism^[10].
• Shia Islam comprises Ghulat^[11].
• Shia Islam's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shia Islam^[12].
• Shia Islam's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as denomination=shia^[13].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'^[16].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[17].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Shia Islam's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[21].
• Shia Islam's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://islam.stackexchange.com/tags/shiism^[22].
• Shia Islam's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الشِّيعَة'}^[23].
• Shia Islam's different from is recorded as schism^[24].
• Shia Islam's history of topic is recorded as history of Shi'an Islam^[25].
• Shia Islam's significant person is recorded as Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib^[26].
• Shia Islam's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Shia Islam's instance of is recorded as Islamic denomination^[3]. It is a type of Islam^[5].

Origins

Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib is named after Shia Islam^[4].

Use and Application

Components include Twelver Shiism^[8], a religious denomination^[28]; Zaidism^[9], a religious denomination^[29], founded in 0701^[30]; Isma'ilism^[10], a religious denomination^[31]; and Ghulat^[11], an Islamic denomination^[32]. Shia Islam is part of Islam^[6].

Why It Matters

Shia Islam ranks in the top 7% of islamic_denomination entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,168 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]