Anti-Shi'ism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-07

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00:01:06 1 Historical persecution
00:01:40 1.1 Umayyads
00:02:47 1.2 Siege of Baghdad
00:03:54 1.3 Persecution under Seljuk/Ottoman Empire
00:05:01 1.4 India
00:06:08 1.5 China
00:07:15 2 Modern times
00:07:48 2.1 Afghanistan
00:08:55 2.2 Bangladesh
00:10:02 2.3 Bahrain
00:11:09 2.3.1 2011 uprising
00:12:16 2.3.2 Alleged Apartheid
00:13:23 2.4 Egypt
00:14:30 2.5 Indonesia
00:15:37 2.6 Malaysia
00:16:44 2.7 Pakistan
00:17:51 2.8 Saudi Arabia
00:19:31 2.9 Yemen
00:20:38 3 See also



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Anti-Shi'ism is the 
prejudice, hatred of, discrimination or violence directed against Shia Muslims because of their religious beliefs, traditions and cultural heritage. The term was first defined by Shia Rights Watch in 2011, but has been used in informal research and scholarly articles for decades.The dispute over the right successor to Muhammad resulted in the formation of two main sects, the Sunni, and the Shia. The Sunni, or followers of the way, followed the caliphate and maintained the premise that any member of Quraysh could potentially become the successor to the Prophet if accepted by the majority. The Shia however, maintain that only the person selected by God through the Prophet (Hadith of the pond of Khumm) could become his successor, thus Imam Ali became the religious authority for the Shia people. Militarily established and holding control over the Umayyad government, many Sunni rulers perceived the Shia as a threat – both to their political and religious authority.The Sunni rulers under the Umayyads sought to marginalize the Shia minority. The persecution of Shias throughout history by Sunni co-religionists has often been characterized by brutal and genocidal acts. Comprising only around 10% of the entire Muslim population, to this day, the Shia remain a marginalized community in many Sunni dominant countries without the rights to practice their religion freely or to become established as an organized denomination.