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On 22 January 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved to Shi'ism. The result of the discussion was Not move. After extended discussion, there is no support for the move..

On 25 February 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to Shiism. The result of the discussion was not moved.

A mistake in demographics

Hi In the Demographics section it says that Shia Muslims are majority in 3 countries: Iraq, Iran and Azerbaijan. This is wrong because Shia Muslims are majority in 4 countries: Iraq, Iran, Azerbaijan and Bahrain. According to the same article it says that 65-70 persent of people in Bahrain are Shia Muslims i.e. the majority Inspector88 (talk) 03:39, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Inspector88 Ok. BangladeshiEditorInSylhet (talk) 16:06, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

and Yemen Bro The Man (talk) 11:04, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bro The Man Sure... BangladeshiEditorInSylhet (talk) 15:29, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar

The grammar of the second sentence needs correcting. It currently reads “…but was prevented from succeeding…” but should read instead “…but that Ali was prevented from succeeding…”. PulvisEtCinerem (talk) 21:17, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PulvisEtCinerem Hmm. BangladeshiEditorInSylhet (talk) 16:06, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Birthdate in second sentence

"...Shia Islam... holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661 CE) as his successor..." "656"? b. in 600, I believe. Andyvphil (talk) 10:37, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

spelling of Arabic word صحابة in the intro

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what I think should be changed:

why it should be changed: the current romanization is missing the diacritics for "emphatic" consonants and long vowels, and the Arabic text for some reason uses the Urdu? letter gol he instead of regular Arabic ha.
references: this Wiktionary entry for the word itself, and also the article on gol he, which says the letter is used in Urdu, not in Arabic. (the letter at the end shouldn't even be a ha to begin with, it's a ta marbuta.)

mati, with a t (hi!) 19:10, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

Done Remsense ‥ 论 19:23, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you Bro The Man (talk) 00:59, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Terminology edits

Bro The Man I've trimmed this section a little to keep the definitions of Arabic terms, but cut down the rest; articles don't have to explain to how to apply adjectives. The comment about "European languages" was just plain inaccurate. PepperBeast (talk) 17:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]