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Wikipedia: Shia Islam, is the second largest denomination of Islam, after Sunni Islam. The followers of Shia Islam are called Shi'as but are also known as Shiites or Shi'ites. "Shia" is the short form of the historic phrase Shī‘atu ‘Alī (شيعة علي), meaning "the followers of Ali" or "the faction of Ali".
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![After Muhammad and Khadija, Ali is credited as the first man to accept Islam [After Muhammad and Khadija, Ali is credited as the first man to accept Islam]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Orde_van_Ali_Perzie_1880_Gritzner_001_s.jpg)