Shi'ism in AmericaShiism in America provides the first general overview of the Shii community in America, tracing its history, its current composition, and how Shia have negotiated their identity in the American context. There are over two million Shiis, who differ from Sunni Muslims in their understandings of the early line of succession after Muhammad, in the United States. With community roots going back sometimes close to one hundred years, Shiis can be found in