Lebanese Shia Muslims

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title: Lebanese Shia Muslims
text: Lebanese Shia Muslims, communally and historically known as matāwila, are Lebanese people who are adherents of Shia Islam in Lebanon, which plays a major role alongside Lebanon's main Sunni, Maronite and Druze sects. The vast majority of Shia Muslims in Lebanon adhere to Twelver Shi'ism, making them the only major Twelver Shia community extant in the Levant. Today, Shia Muslims constitute around 27% of the Lebanese population. Under the terms of an unwritten agreement known as the National Pact
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description: Lebanese adherents of Shia Islam
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Shia_Muslims
date created: 2009-07-12T17:48:16Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T05:07:10Z
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