Shias Sentence Examples

Apart from the two sects, Sunnis and Shias, whose garb differs in some respects, there are four families of Moslems, viz.

The varieties of cut are sharai or canonical, orthodox, which reach to the ankles and fit as close to the leg as European trousers; rumi or ghararedar, which reach to the ankles but are much wider than European trousers (this pattern is much worn by the Shias); and tang or chust, reaching to the ankles, from which to the knee they fit quite close.

The first are Sunnis; the two last Shias.

For the first time in Iraq's modern history the Shias, a long oppressed majority, are likely to take power.