The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1119 page)

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Ithn
‘Ashar
y(y)a
(Arab.,
ithna‘ashar
, ‘twelve’). The Twelvers, majority
Shi‘a
Islam, the official Shi‘a religion of modern Iran. This Shi‘a sect follows the cult of Twelve
Im
ms
, in distinction from the smaller Sab‘
yya sect (
Seveners
, see also
ISM

LIYYA
). The series of Twelve Im
ms is:
‘Al
,
al-Hasan
,
al-
usain
, ‘Al
Zayn, al-‘Abid
n, Mu
ammad al-B
qir, Ja‘far al-
diq, M

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