Twelvers

A picture of a mosque that follows the Twelver sect of Shia Islam.

Twelvers, or Twelver Shia's (Arabic: اثنا عشرية شيعة), are Shia Muslims who believe that God appointed twelve guides (Imams) after Prophet Muhammad:

Ali ibn Abi Talib (Ameerul Mu'mineen)
Hassan ibn Ali (al-Mujtabaa)
Husayn ibn Ali (ash-Shaheed)
Ali ibn Husayn (Zaynul Aabideen)
Muhammad al-Baqir
Jafar as-Sadiq
Musa al-Kadhim
Ali ar-Ridha
Muhammad at-Taqi, al-Jawaad
Ali al-Haadi, an-Naqi
Hassan al-Askari
Muhammad al-Mahdi

About 85% of Shia Muslims are Twelvers. Most of them can be found in Iran (90%), Azerbaijan (85%), Bahrain (80%), Iraq (65%), Lebanon (35%), and Kuwait (35%). There are also significant minorities in Pakistan (20%), Afghanistan (18%), and Saudi Arabia (10-15%).^[1]

Twelvers Media

18th century mirror writing in Ottoman calligraphy. Depicts the phrase 'Ali is the vicegerent of God' in both directions.
Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, where the Battle of Karbala took place

References

↑ "International Crisis Group. The Shiite Question in Saudi Arabia, Middle East Report N°45, 19 September 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.

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[1] "International Crisis Group. The Shiite Question in Saudi Arabia, Middle East Report N°45, 19 September 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.

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