Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims agree on the three holiest sites in Islam being, respectively, the Masjid al-Haram (including the Kaaba), in Mecca; the Al-Masjid...

(see holiest sites in Sunni Islam). For Shias, sites associated with the Imamah hold a high level of significance (see holiest sites in Shia Islam). As...

Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims agree on the three Holiest sites in Islam being, respectively, the Masjid al-Haram (including the Kaaba), in Mecca; the Al-Masjid...

Shia Islam in Iraq (Arabic: الشيعة في العراق) has a history going back to the times of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first imam of Shia Islam and fourth caliph...

Holiest sites in Islam may refer to: Holiest sites in Islam Holiest sites in Sunni Islam Holiest sites in Shia Islam This disambiguation page lists articles...

Karbala in 680 CE The tomb of Husayn is one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, outside of Mecca and Medina, and many make pilgrimages to the site. Every...

slavery under its rule in contravention of the anti-slavery consensus of the Islamic scholarly community. The group's persecution of Shia Muslims has also been...

Shia Islam (/ˈʃiːə/) is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656 – 661 CE)...

in continuous operation Holiest sites in Islam Mecca Masjid al-Haram Medina Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Al Quds Al-Aqsa Holiest sites in Sunni Islam Holiest sites...

nor is a condition of prayer, nor it is wajib (obligatory). "Shia Islam's Holiest Sites". 25 April 2017. Atlas of the Middle East (Second ed.). Washington...