The history of this small Shiite sect includes assassinations, persecution, and periods of adherence to pluralism.

Rule by the minority Muslim sect is rare in history, but two premodern dynasties help explain Iran. (This is part three of a four-part series on Shiite Islam and the Iranian regime. Please click here ...

(The Conversation) — Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni ...

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