The same source also noted that Shias have "large commemorations" (Jinnah Institute 19 Nov. In an interview with the Research Directorate, a representative of Jinnah Institute, a policy research and public advocacy think tank in Pakistan (Jinnah Institute n.d.), indicated that Shias have different mosques and different places of worship, and that individuals who frequent Shia mosques will be identified as Shia (Jinnah Institute 19 Nov. In a telephone interview with the Research Directorate, a professor of Islamic studies at Clemson University in South Carolina noted that Sunnis and Shias have religious and theological differences as well as different rituals and practices (Professor of Islamic studies 19 Nov. The Senior Fellow noted that, over time, the divide between Shias and Sunnis has widened to include distinctions in theology and religious practices (Senior Fellow 19 Nov. Most of Pakistan's ethnic, linguistic and tribal groups include followers of Shi'a Islam" (Australia 20 Feb. Australia's DFAT notes that "ost Shi'a in Pakistan follow the Twelver ( athna ashariya) school, with smaller numbers of Nizari Ismailis, Daudi Bohras and Sulemani Bohras. The same source further noted that "especially in Pakistan, there is a vast diversity among the Shia" (Lecturer 23 Nov. While they read the same Quran as the Sunnis, they also have reports on the Prophet and the Imams that differ from the Sunnis (a body of literature known as the hadith). This also means that the Shia draw on different forms of scripture. God had singled out a line of male descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, the Imams. According to the Shia, it was not up to the early Muslim community to decide about leadership themselves. Initially, the difference between Sunni and Shia was merely a difference concerning who should lead the Muslim community. The Lecturer in Islamic and Middle East studies stated that Ali's supporters were known as Shia'at Ali (roughly translated as the party of Ali). The majority supported the succession of Abu Bakr, one of the Prophet's most loyal companions and father-in-law, while a significant group supported Ali, the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law. These identities first formed soon after Prophet Muhammad's death, arising out of a dispute over who would succeed him as leader of the community. The Sunni-Shia divide is nearly 1,400 years old, dating back to a dispute over the succession of leadership in the Muslim community following the death of the Prophet Muhammed in 632.
The split between the Shia and Sunni sects of Islam traces back to a dispute over who would lead the Muslim community after the death of the Prophet Muhammad ( The New York Times 3 Jan. Similarly, a February 2019 country report by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) indicates that according to the provisional results of the 2017 national census, 10 to 15 percent of Muslims in Pakistan are Shia (Australia 20 Feb.
In correspondence with the Research Directorate, a senior fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) who has written on Sunni-Shia relations in Pakistan indicated that according to the Oxford Dictionary of Islam, between 10 and 15 percent of Muslims in Pakistan are Shia (Senior Fellow 19 Nov. In correspondence with the Research Directorate, a lecturer in Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Freiburg in Germany, who specializes in modern Islam with a focus on Shi'ism in South Asia and the Middle East, stated that "there is widespread agreement that Shia Muslims make up about 15 to 20 percent of Pakistan's population" (Lecturer 23 Nov. Differences Between Shia and Sunni MuslimsĪccording to sources, there is no official figure on the number of Shia Muslims in Pakistan (Lecturer 23 Nov.
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