This sect's army lost the battle of Karbala, conceding temporal control to the Umayyads.
Unique beliefs of this religious group include condoning temporary apostasy in order to avoid being killed, allowing temporary marriages, and a system of exegesis that extrapolates "other levels of meaning" from its holy text known as taqwa. The Zaydiyyah are one sect belonging to this group, which is divided into "twelvers" and "seveners", sometimes called Ismailis. This sect's army lost the battle of Karbala, conceding temporal control to the Umayyads. Having supported Ali as the rightful caliph, for 10 points, name this type of Islam, prevalent in Iran and Iraq, whose members are far less numerous than Sunnis.
Unique beliefs of this religious group include condoning temporary apostasy in order to avoid being killed, allowing temporary marriages, and a system of exegesis that extrapolates "other levels of meaning" from its holy text known as taqwa.
{Shi'ites} or {Shi'a}