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Shiites hold that after the Prophet Muhammad died, religious and temporal authority in Islam should have passed to his son-in-law, Ali, and then to Ali's sons with Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet-- Hasan and then Husayn. Husayn was martyred in 680 and succeeded by his son, Ali Zayn al-Din. His successor was his eldest son, Muhammad Baqir. The latter was succeeded by Ja`far al-Sadiq, who was the founder of the Twelver Shiite legal tradition. He had two sons, Isma`il and Musa al-Kazim. Initially Isma`il was set to succeed him, but for some reason (the early sources differ on why), he set Isma`il aside in favor of his younger brother, Musa al-Kazim. There was a major schism in Shiite Islam over this succession issue, with some believers insisting on sticking with Isma`il and his descendants, becoming the Ismailis. The Twelver Shiites, who predominate in Iraq and Iran, followed Musa al-Kazim, and they even now maintain that Isma`il died at a young age and so was never appointed Imam in the first place. Musa Kazim is said to have been imprisoned for 4 years by the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and Shiite folk tradition maintains that the caliph did in the imam. The Abbasid caliphs were rivals for power with the Shiite Imams.

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Informed Comment, Juan Cole

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Sat. November 21, 2009

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Saddam Hussein killed thousands of Shias in southern Iraq in 1991. He also used chemical weapons against the Kurdish population in northern Iraq. ...
Tehran -- Tabriz was registered as the first Shia capital of the Islamic world on the Iran's National Heritage List on Thursday. ...

Compare that to Shia labeouf, who topped Forbes' list of Best Actors for the Buck in August. For every dollar labeouf was paid, his films earned an average ...
A humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, has worsened in recent weeks as a civil war between the government and Shiite rebels ...
As they confront Iran's nuclear aims, negotiators must mind the Shiite doctrine of deceit called 'taqiyya.' By Mamoun Fandy London - In the run-up to talks ...
Adel al-Mashhadani's arrest in March set off a two-day battle in Baghdad pitting US and forces of Iraq's Shiite-led government against al-Mashhadani's group ...
Lunar frenzy but can Rob Pattinson & Co. beat Shia lebeouf and robots' top 2009 weekend bow of $108 million? By Peter Lonergan HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood ...
The Alavi Foundation, the non-profit organization in question, provides many extremely important services to the Shiite Muslim community in America. ...
Shia Middle East story. The Saudis are supporting Yemen's government in a fight with Shia Houthi rebels financed and trained by Iran. ...
Karachi: A Shia cleric was gunned down on Thursday in Orangi Town, within the jurisdiction of Tori Bungash police station. Police claim this was an incident ...
According to a new Forbes magazine annual list, if your a Hollywood producer looking for the most bang for your buck, in hiring a movie actor, Shia LaBeouf ...
That's a pretty poor contrast to the $160 that Shia LaBeouf's movies returned to the studios for every buck he earned. That figure, by the way, ...
Sanaa, Nov 18 (AFP) At least eight Shiite rebels were killed in fighting with the Yemeni army in the rugged mountainous north overnight, military officials ...
Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), Shia leader Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim met Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul on Wednesday. ...
In a strongly worded statement, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shiite, condemned the veto as "a serious threat to the political process and democracy. ...
Carey Mulligan on the set of 'Wall Street 2' on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and Shia LaBeouf on the set in Central Park. ...
Amman - A prominent Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite leader conferred on monday with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Prime Minister Nader Dahabi at the start of an ...
Shia LaBeouf looks serious as he takes an iPod and cancer stick break during Wall Street 2 filming in New York City on Friday (November 13). ...
The Shiite militant party is the only faction that refused to surrender its weapons after Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. It argues they are necessary to ...
Action star: Christian Bale, Gerard Butler, Hugh Jackman, Shia
Israel'S TOP general has warned that the Lebanese Shia
To counter the Shia
(CNN) -- Iran's foreign minister tuesday called on Yemen's neighbors to stay out of the conflict between Yemeni forces and Shiite
The result should be less influence for sectarian coalitions that appeal to Iraqis to vote Shiite
The regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khamenei wants nukes so they can cow their Mideast neighbors, export Shiite fundamentalism and obliterate ...
Lucknow: A leading Shia cleric has taken on India's largest Islamic seminary and said that there was `nothing wrong` if a Muslim sings the national anthem ...
The critical issue was the city of Kirkuk - claimed by Kurds, Shias, and the small minority of Turkeman who all wanted to control the oil wealth that flows ...
"So what will happen, in instances such as Iraq and Afghanistan, there are many cases where we believe, 'Oh, there's the Sunnis fighting the Shias and ...
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia LaBeouf, ...
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia LaBeouf, ...
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia LaBeouf, ...
Najaf, Iraq â€Â" Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the leader of Iraqi Shias
When he's not searching for crystal skulls, running from large robots or flipping his own vehicle, Shia
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia LaBeouf, ...
Shia LaBeouf and his girlfriend and costar Carey Mulligan hang out on the set of Wall Street 2 in New York City on Thursday (November 5). ...
Lebanese Shiite
Cooper, who has been hard at work on Garry Marshall's 'Valentine's Day' and Fox's 'The A-Team,' replaces Shia


 


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