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The Pew survey estimated a Shia population of 300,000 Shias in North America, about 10.0% of North America's Muslim population. Also, according to Shafaqna News agency, Shiite (Shia) Muslims are approximately 2.5 million persons in the U.S. [3]
Dawoodi Bohra family in their religious attire. The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā'īlī branch of Shia Islam. They number approximately one million worldwide and have settled in over 40 countries around the world.
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Within the Muslim community in the United States there exist a number of different traditions. As in the rest of the world, the Sunni Muslims are in the majority. Shia Muslims, especially those in the Iranian immigrant community, are also active in community affairs.
Shi‘a Islam, also known as Shi‘ite Islam or Shia, is the second largest branch of Islam after Sunni Islam. Shias adhere to the teachings of Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family (who are referred to as the Ahl al-Bayt ) or his descendants known as Shia Imams .
- Al-Sadiq Mosque. The Al-Sadiq Mosque in Bronzeville was commissioned in 1922 and is one of America's oldest mosques. Image: Google Maps. It can be argued that the first recorded mosque in America was in Chicago, on the Cairo Street exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.
- Temple No. 9. The annual convention of the Moorish Science Temple of America was held for decades in Ukrainian Village. Image: Google Maps. This red brick building at Augusta Boulevard and Hoyne Avenue in Ukrainian Village is “arguably the most important Moorish temple in the country,” the Chicago Reader has written.
- Mosque Maryam. Formerly a Greek Orthodox church, Mosque Maryam is a center of the Nation of Islam. Photo: Lee Bey/WTTW. The Nation of Islam shifted its headquarters from Detroit to Chicago soon after its founding in 1930.
- Mosque Foundation. The Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview serves the large Arab population located in the southwest suburb. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Khateeb88.
Twelver Shi'ism. Twelver Shīʿism ( Arabic: ٱثْنَا عَشَرِيَّة; ʾIthnā ʿAshariyya ), also known as Imāmiyya ( Arabic: إِمَامِيَّة ), is the largest branch of Shīʿa Islam, comprising about 85% of all Shīʿa Muslims. The term Twelver refers to its adherents' belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders, known as ...
Shia Islam ( / ˈʃiːə /) is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (656–661 CE) as his successor ( khalīfa) and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm, but was prevented from succeeding Muhammad as the leader ...
