To Ayatollah Khomeini's Shiite followers, a mixture of religion and politics is proper.

These demonstrations had their origins in 1971, when Ruhollah Khomeini instructed his Shiite followers to distribute political messages when performing their pilgrimage.

The bomber walked amongst the tens of thousands of Shi'ite followers and attacked from within the walking procession resulting in the fatal deaths of 43 people while leaving others critically injured.

About 70 Shiite followers of Hussein, Muhammad's grandson, were massacred by the Sunni caliph in 680 A.D.

Some Shiite followers of Mr. Sadr want an Islamic government guided by senior clerics.

Reduce production to raise prices or else, was the message; Iran was prepared to stimulate an uprising of Shiite followers of the Ayatollah within Fahd's sparsely populated Kingdom.

He could just as easily turn his Shiite followers against the Sunni Arabs if it suited his interests.

The marines had to fire rockets at a mosque in Falluja used by the Shiite followers of the radical cleric Moktada al-Sadr, and the hospitals are filled with civilians.

In the end, Mr. Olmert bombarded Hezbollah's infrastructure, and, tragically but inevitably, the homes of Hezbollah's Shiite followers, among whom Hezbollah fighters were embedded.

A Sufi called Sheikh Safi od-Din (d 1334) was the inspiration for and progenitor of the Safavi, a powerful sect of Shiite followers from Ardabil.