Twelvers

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

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

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]