Special mistrust is reserved for the 300, 000 Bahais, because their movement broke away from and then rejected Shiism in the 19th century.

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Well, first of all, Robert, as you say, I mean, I don't think one can emphasize enough that this city revolves around Shiism.

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One chilly night, I went to Sayyida Zainab, a neighborhood centered around the shrine of the sister of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet and the central martyr of Shiism.

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Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, Lebanon's most popular ayatollah, demanded that Mr Qaradawi produce figures to back up his claim of a Shia missionary drive and that he explain what danger it would be to Islam if one Sunni decided to adopt Shiism.

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