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Sunni and Shia Islam

In Our Time: Religion

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The Shiites and the Political Shift

I don't seem to recover in terms of world numbers or numbers from then on. I think they do to a certain extent lose ground and over time a lot of the imams themselves don't feel that it's worth making a political bid for power. Both of whom were extremely important in developing Shi theology and specifically Shi religious concepts and law but both of them avoided political engagement. They actually suggested that it was better for the Shiites to dissimulate their beliefs to adopt takiyah. What is takiyah?

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