What is Twelvers?
[[File:Twelver Shiite Mosque.tif|thumb|A picture of a mosque that follows the Twelver sect of Shia Islam.]] '''Twelvers''', or '''Twelver Shia's''' (Arabic: اثنا عشرية شيعة) are [[Shia|Shia Muslims]] that believe that God appointed twelve guides after [[Prophet]] [[Muhammad]]. These are: * [[Ali|Ali ibn abi Talib]] (Ameerul Mu'mineen) * [[Hasan 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 * Hasan 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 minorities in [[Pakistan]] (20%), [[Afghanistan]] (18%), and [[Saudi Arabia]] (10-15%).<ref>{{Cite web|title=International Crisis Group. The Shiite Question in Saudi Arabia, Middle East Report N°45, 19 September 2005|url=http://merln.ndu.edu/archive/icg/shiitequestion.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217074450/http://merln.ndu.edu/archive/icg/shiitequestion.pdf|archive-date=17 December 2008|access-date=1 April 2009}}</ref> ==Related pages== [[Shia Muslims]] == References == {{reflist}} {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Shia Islam]] <gallery> File:Mohammad Helal Ali امامزاده هلال ابن علی 04.jpg| File:Imam-Reza-shrine-mashhad-Iran ایران-مشهد-حرم-علی-ابن-موسی-الرضا 01.jpg| File:Fatimah Ma'sumah Shrine قم، حرم فاطمه معصومه دختر موسی ابن جعفر امام هفتم شیعیان 11.jpg| File:Sultan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Baqir امامزاده سلطان علی ابن محمد الباقر در روستای مشهد اردهال 08.jpg| File:Iran-Qom-khezr-Mosque-Night-Photography2.jpg| File:Marneuli მარნეული مارنئولی 15.jpg| </gallery>