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Noun: Shiism
  1. The branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

Type of: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism

Encyclopedia: Shiism

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