| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Sufism 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | Shia Islam 
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                                | gptkbp:branch | gptkb:Ismaili gptkb:Twelver
 gptkb:Zaydi
 
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                                | gptkbp:coreBelief | Ali as rightful successor to Muhammad 
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                                | gptkbp:countryWithMajority | gptkb:Azerbaijan gptkb:Bahrain
 gptkb:Iran
 gptkb:Iraq
 
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                                | gptkbp:distinctivePractices | gptkb:taqiya_(precautionary_dissimulation) gptkb:temporary_marriage_(mut'ah)
 visiting shrines
 mourning of Ashura
 
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                                | gptkbp:doctrine | gptkb:Imam gptkb:region
 gptkb:Occultation_of_the_Mahdi
 gptkb:Tawalla_and_Tabarra
 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Shia_Muslims 
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                                | gptkbp:hasHistoricSite | gptkb:Mecca gptkb:Medina
 gptkb:Samarra
 gptkb:Mashhad
 gptkb:Qom
 Karbala
 Najaf
 
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                                | gptkbp:holiday | gptkb:Arbaeen gptkb:Ashura
 
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                                | gptkbp:holyBook | gptkb:Quran 
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                                | gptkbp:largestBranch | gptkb:Twelver_Shia 
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                                | gptkbp:leaderTitle | gptkb:Imam gptkb:Marja
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainReligiousTexts | gptkb:Al-Kafi gptkb:Kitab_al-Irshad
 gptkb:Nahj_al-Balagha
 gptkb:Tafsir_al-Qummi
 
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                                | gptkbp:minorityIn | gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:India
 gptkb:Lebanon
 gptkb:Pakistan
 gptkb:Syria
 gptkb:Yemen
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFigure | gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib gptkb:Fatimah
 gptkb:Hasan_ibn_Ali
 gptkb:Husayn_ibn_Ali
 gptkb:The_Twelve_Imams
 
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                                | gptkbp:originatedIn | gptkb:Arabian_Peninsula 7th century
 
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                                | gptkbp:populationEstimate | 10-15% of Muslims 
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                                | gptkbp:separates | Sunni Islam succession to Muhammad
 
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                                | gptkbp:significantEvent | gptkb:Battle_of_Karbala gptkb:Martyrdom_of_Husayn
 
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                                | gptkbp:TwelverImam | gptkb:Jafar_al-Sadiq gptkb:Muhammad_al-Mahdi
 gptkb:Ali_al-Hadi
 gptkb:Hasan_al-Askari
 gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib
 gptkb:Hasan_ibn_Ali
 gptkb:Husayn_ibn_Ali
 gptkb:Ali_Zayn_al-Abidin
 gptkb:Ali_al-Ridha
 gptkb:Muhammad_al-Baqir
 gptkb:Muhammad_al-Taqi
 gptkb:Musa_al-Kadhim
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Shi'a_Islam 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Shiism 
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