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The term Shia or Shi’ite derives from a shortening of Shiat Ali or partisans of Ali. [1]
Shia Saide LaBeouf was born June 11, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to Jeffrey LaBeouf and Shayna Saide, and is an only child. [2]
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If you are already familiar with standard Sunni beliefs, you will immediately notice the addition to the shahadah regarding Imam Ali (ra), cousin of the Prophet (pbuh), husband of his daughter Fatima, father of Hassan and Hussein and the second person ever to embrace Islam. [1]
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Tensions are simmering between Bahrain’s Sunni rulers and the kingdom’s Shia majority population. [3]
The line of Mohammed (pbuh) through Ali and Hussein became extinct in 873CE when the last Shia Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who had no brothers disappeared within days of inheriting the title at the age of four. [1]
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Whereas Sunnis believe the Mahdi will appear sometime in the future, Shias believe the Mahdi was already on earth, is currently the “hidden imam” who works through mujtahids to interpret Qur’an; and will return at the end of time. [6]
In 1959 Sheikh Mahmood Shaltoot, Head of the School of Theology at Al Azhar university in Cairo, the most august seat of learning of Sunni Islam and the oldest university in the world, issued a fatwa (ruling) recognizing the legitimacy of the Jafari School of Law to which most Shias belong. [1]
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Shia Muslims further believe that Ali, Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law, was the first of The Twelve Imams and was the rightful successor to Muhammad and thus reject the legitimacy of the first three caliphs. [...] ?Ashariyyah, commonly referred to in English as the Twelvers, while smaller branches include the Ismaili and Zaidi, who dispute the Twelver lineage of Imams and beliefs. [6]
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Sources:
[1] The Origins of the Sunni/Shia split in Islam
[2] Shia LaBeouf - IMDb
[3] Shia
[4] SHIA LABEOUF FAN
[5] Shia LaBeouf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[6] Shia Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[7] Shia LaBeouf Breaking News and Gossip | PerezHilton.com