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- Shia_Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia abstract "An estimated 10-15 percent of the citizens of Saudi Arabia are Shia Muslims, (almost all of the remaining 85-90 percent being Sunni). The modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—formed in 1932—was formed as an alliance between followers of strict Sunni Islamic scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the House of Saud. The kingdom is based on the belief that Muslims should return to the interpretation of Islam found in the classical texts, the [Quran] and the Sunnah, an interpretation very different than Shia Islam.Due to this difference, the Shia minority have been at odds with the Kingdom, amid allegations of discrimination against the minority, and suspicions that Iran, a Shia power, supports the Saudi Shia for its own political gain at the expense of the Kingdom.Most Shi'i Muslims are Twelver Bahrani people in the Eastern Province with the largest concentrations in Qatif, Al-Hasa. There is also a Twelver minority in Medina called the Nakhawila). Sizable Zaydi and Isma'ili communities also live in Najran along the border with Yemen.".
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- Shia_Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia comment "An estimated 10-15 percent of the citizens of Saudi Arabia are Shia Muslims, (almost all of the remaining 85-90 percent being Sunni). The modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia—formed in 1932—was formed as an alliance between followers of strict Sunni Islamic scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the House of Saud.".
- Shia_Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia label "Shia Islam in Saudi Arabia".
- Shia_Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia label "شيعة السعودية".
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