Crossword-Solution: SHIAH
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shiah | n. | Same as Shiite. |
| Shiah | n. | A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHIAH | anagram | SHAHI |
We have 10 clues for the answer “SHIAH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A branch of Islam | 1 answer |
| Member of a Moslem sect. | 1 answer |
| Member of major Moslem sect. | 1 answer |
| Muslim group | 2 answers |
| IRAQI religion | 2 answers |
| AFRICAN religion | 3 answers |
| Islamic division | 3 answers |
| INDIAN religion | 4 answers |
| PERSIAN religion | 5 answers |
| Some Muslims | 7 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARTE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SHIAH (5)
Jew, Hebrew, Rabbinist, Rabbist[obs3], Sadducee; Babist[obs3], Motazilite; Mohammedan, Mussulman, Moslem, Shiah, Sunni, Wahabi, Osmanli.
There is neither Shiah nor Sunni, forbidden nor idolater, in Love; and the Nine Bars are but nine little fagots that the flame of Love utterly burns away.
The troops to return in the evening.'] [Footnote 10: Kizilbashes are Persians by nationality and Shiah Mahomedans by religion.
MAZHAR: of Delhi: family originally from Bokhara: learned in jurisprudence as well as poetry: many favourite poets were his pupils: was a Sunni, made profession of spiritual poverty, and was even reputed to be able to work miracles: was killed by a fanatic because he disagreed with the Shiah mourning for the death of Hussein: died in 1780, aged nearly a hundred years.
But this tradition was to find in 1090 an exponent in the Persian Hasan Saba, a native of Khorasan, the son of Ali, a strict Shiah, who, finding himself suspected of heretical ideas, ended by declaring himself a Sunni.
Quotes with SHIAH (2)
A Muslim just follows Allah. Sunni-Shiah? That's farga, the groups — Allah discourages this in the Quran, you know, never ever form the groups.
I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1965–1995).