This religious group practices a controversial mut‘a or temporary marriage. This denomination emphasizes taqiyya, or concealing one's faith for purposes of self-protection. The largest branch of this sect professes belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders or sinless and infallible imams. Members of this denomination claim that only recordings of members of Mohammad's family are authoritative, leading them to reject the hadith derived from peopl
This religious group practices a controversial mut‘a or temporary marriage. This denomination emphasizes taqiyya, or concealing one's faith for purposes of self-protection. The largest branch of this sect professes belief in twelve divinely ordained leaders or sinless and infallible imams. Members of this denomination claim that only recordings of members of Mohammad's family are authoritative, leading them to reject the hadith derived from people like Omar ibn al-Khattab and Abu Bakr. This denomination rose out of a schism in which its members favored Ali. For 10 points, name this branch of Islam common in Iran and opposed to the Sunni branch.
This religious group practices a controversial mut‘a or temporary marriage.
Shi'a [or Shiite.]