Synonyms for shi'ite
ˈʃi aɪt; ʃiˈi, ˈʃi ishi'ite

Princeton's WordNet

1. Shiite, Shi'ite, Shiite Muslim, Shi'ite Muslim, Shia Muslimnoun

   a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs

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1. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   They wrote a letter to the Iranian foreign ministry promising not to support Daesh (Islamic State), not knowing that the evidence in photographs of their military assistance to Daesh was already in the hands of the revolutionary forces (Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and militia).

2. Ayham Kamel:

   There is still a central government in Baghdad that is nominally in charge of the country as a whole, but in real terms the central government is less relevant in Kurdish areas, it is irrelevant in the Sunni heartland and it is also less relevant in the (Shi'ite) south.

3. Sarkis Naoum:

   This step( attacking rebels in the north) opens the door to an open-ended war in the region and a declared( Sunni-Shi' ite) sectarian war which could in the long term transform to a second Afghanistan for the Russians, and they wo n’t be able to win it.

4. Hadi Ghaemi:

   Shi'ite clerics are really masters of the art of the deal, so while it is important how big your faction is in the Assembly of Experts it does depend on who the charismatic dealmaker is at that time.

5. Mustafa Alani:

   Actually, I think this is partly about Shi'ite terrorism, because nobody is putting any effort into fighting that.