Early Muslim immigration Argentina is one of the largest countries in South in terms of population and size. The presence Shia community in Argentina as a part of Islam development in the country goes back to the end of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, with the arrival of immigrants mostly from the current […]

As we discussed in the previous post, there are several reasons for Shias’ spread one of which has been already covered. The remaining two will be elaborated on in the following paragraphs. Migration The transnational dimension of Shi‘ism was further extended by global migratory flows after World War II. Shias’ spread started and continued in […]

Spread of Shiism A brief history Spread of Shiism as a minority presence within Islam is of high significance and nowadays they are present across the Muslim world; from North Africa to the Middle East, Central and South Asia. Shi‘ites constitute national minorities in a variety of Muslim majority countries. While countries such as Lebanon, […]