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More appropriately, Shi'a or Shi'i. The second largest sect of Islam, founded by followers of Ali, the fourth Sunni caliph (successor to Prophet Muhammad) who married the Prophet's daughter Fatima. About ten percent of the world's Muslims are Shi'a, and prefer to call themselves Ahl ul-Bayt (the 'People of the House', i.e. family of Muhammad). The largest Shi'a denomination believe in twelve imams, Ali being the first, and the last, al-Mahdi, is in hiding and expected to return to prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ. The differences between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims have more to do with politics and culture than faith and religion.
Shi'ism is most prevalent on either side of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the modern nations of Iran and Iraq (more in the southern part of the latter). The Shi'as of Iraq suffered great persecution under the nominal Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. Currently, a young Shi'a cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, is leading a powerful resistance against the American and allied occupation forces from the holy city of Najaf.
Shiite by LudwigVan August 23, 2004
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“Shi‘a” means a group of followers and it occurs in the Quran
many times in reference to the followers of the previous prophets, such as Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and Prophet Musa (Moses).2 Shi‘a today refers to the followers of a particular school of Islamic thought, which is based on the teachings of the Prophet and his family, and sometimes it is referred to as the “school of Ahlul Bayt” (the family of the Prophet). While no schools of thought existed at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, he still used to refer to a certain group of people as the “Shi‘a of Ali.”
The parable of Ali is like a tree, in which I am the root, Ali is the branch, Hassan and Husayn are the fruits, and the Shi‘a

(shiite) are the leaves.3
(Ibn Hajar)
Shiite by ShiaOfAli September 22, 2017
Shiite=From a colloquialism meaning, "She is alright". Spoken commonly in urban Neighborhoods.
Man 1: yo tony, how's tonia? i heard she got hit in the head with a log?

Man 2: Naw man, it was just a twig. Shiite.
Shiite by Generic Black Man #42 November 21, 2010
A certain self flagellating cult that is full of odd practices like mutah(holy prostitution) and matam(slapping head or banging head). They are taught to practice taqiyyah(lying) as an obligatory practice in their religion. They sometimes falsely ascribed to the religion of Islam.
I took a big shiite.
Shiite by Sir Ben Kingsley October 25, 2016
(n.) A learned way of saying shit. Contraction of the exclamatory 'Shiïte Muslims!', which may be used by somebody who objects to the tenets of Islam or actions performed in their name. Now corrupted simply to 'shiïte', this word serves on occasion as a witty alternative to the chavish shit.

Should be pronounced 'SHEE-ite'.
'Shiïte not another bombing in Lebanon!'
shiïte by anycon January 10, 2007

Shiite Muslim balls

A replacement term for using a "fecal explitive" ie: saying shucks, shoot, dang, crap
Mary says she won't go out with me... "Shiite Muslim balls!"

shiite colon bomb 

a torture method consisting of super gluing somebodys ass cheeks together so they cant crap resulting in the feeling of colon explosion
Dude i dropped a shiite colon bomb on Francis last weekend, he had to get surgery.
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