The term bāb (Arabic: باب, lit. 'gateway') was used in early Shia Islam for senior disciples, and authorised deputies, of the current Imam. Less commonly...

(also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian God Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam Báb (Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad...

successor as caliph of the Islamic community should be Abu Bakr, whereas a second group of Muslims, who would come to be known as the Shias, believed that his...

other symbols. Bábism (Persian: بابیه, romanized: Babiyye), also known as the Bábi Faith, is a monotheistic religion founded in 1844 by the Báb (b. 'Ali Muhammad)...

sites in Sunni Islam). For Shias, sites associated with the Imamah hold a high level of significance (see holiest sites in Shia Islam). As part of the...

Báb's mother. Later, Khadijih became a Baháʼí. In the 1790s in Iraq, Shaykh Ahmad (1753–1826) began a religious school of thought within Shia Islam....

10-13% of Muslims worldwide adhere to Shia Islam, with a global total of between 154 million and 200 million Shia Muslims. In the Americas, Pew estimated...

religious importance to Muslims. Media related to Bāb Saghīr at Wikimedia Commons Holiest sites in Shia Islam Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque Religious significance...

beliefs and Islamic Sufi doctrine introduced to Kurdistan by Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir in the 12th century. Bábism stems from Twelver Shia passed through...

of the Muʿtazila school by Islamic scholars such as Muhammad Abduh. Shīʿa Islam is the second-largest denomination of Islam, comprising around 10–15% of...