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City of Brass Guest Post: What is Shi’ism?

April 19, 2009 islamoyankee

Aziz is on holiday once more, and I have a guest post over at City of Brass. It’s a re-print of my earlier “What is Shi’ism?” I even managed to keep all my original typos!

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