Shia

['ʃiə]

Shia 什叶派

穆斯林两大派别之一，来自阿拉伯语 shi'ah,追随者，缩写自 Shi'ah Ali,字面意思即穆罕默德的女婿，先知的合法继承人 Ali 的追随者。比较另一个派别 Sunni,逊尼派。

Shia (n.): also Shiah, 1620s, a collective name for one of the two great Muslim sects, from Arabic shi'ah "partisans, followers, sect, company, faction" (from sha'a "to follow"). This is the proper use, but it commonly is used in English to mean "a Shiite." In Arabic, shi'ah is the name of the sect, shiya'iy is a member of the sect.

The branch of Islam that recognizes Ali, Muhammad's son-in-law, as the lawful successor of the Prophet; the minority who believed, after the death of the Prophet, that spiritual and political authority followed his family line, as opposed to the Sunni, who took Abu Bakr as the political leader of the community. The Arabic name is short for Shi'at Ali "the party of Ali."

Some towns in the province have a record of Shia - Sunni enmity.: 该省的一些城镇拥有什叶派 -逊尼派相互仇恨的记录.

At least 400,000 people, mainly in the Shia - inhabited south, have fled.: 至少有40万人逃离了家园, 大多数是黎巴嫩南部什叶派居住地的平民.

But now the Shia militants who control southern Lebanon are hugely exercised about the issue.: 但是控制黎巴嫩南部的什叶派武装分子现在对这个问题感到非常不安.

In Shia Iran , by contrast, religion has top place: the supreme leader is always a cleric.: 反,在什叶派的伊朗, 宗教具有最高地位: 最高领导人总是神职人员.

In mainly Shia Basra, most of the insurgency is aimed at British soldiers rather than Iraqis.: 在主要是什叶派的巴士拉, 英军比伊拉克士兵受到的攻击更多.

Karbala has been the scene of clashes between loyalists of Shia cleric al - Sadr and Iraqi forces.: 卡尔巴拉已经成为什叶派的忠实教徒穆克塔达萨德尔和伊拉克军队的冲突地点.