| But a Shiah leader said the attackers may have been renegade tribal factions from within the Shiah community. |
| To make a pilgrimage to Kerbela, or to rest finally in its holy dust, or both, 36 constitutes the ambition of every shiah. |
| Among Muhammadans, shiah women remove their nose-rings during the Muharram as a sign of mourning. |
| Most of the Persian trade with Baghdad and thousands of shiah pilgrims annually pass through it. |
| The story of his life as handed down by shiah or Sunni writers has been much exaggerated. |
| The call to prayer from the minarets was adapted to shiah taste. |
