Many sources, especially Shi'i ones, attest that Ali was born
inside the Kaaba in the city of Mecca, where he stayed with his mother for three days.
It relieves the pressure on non-Muslims: indicative of the new thinking, Jordanian Salafi leader Abou Mohamad
Tahawi recently stated that“The Alawi and Shi'i coalition is currently the biggest threat to Sunnis,
even more than the Israelis.”.
Iraq suffered three such incidents(a male insurgent disguised as a pregnant woman, an attempted assassination of a governor,
and two suicide bombers killing 22 Shi'i pilgrims) while Pakistan suffered two(one,
operating from a rickshaw, killed 15 people).
The Safavaids, who made Shi'i Islam the state religion,
initiated a departure from the traditional Ilkhanid and Timurid artistic style by covering Muhammad's face with a veil to obscure his features and at the same time represent his luminous essence.
Bosworth in, The New Islamic Dynasties, states: As to the religious affiliations of the Qara Qoyunlu,
although some of the later member of the family had Shi'i-type names and there were occasional Shi'i coin legends,
there seems no strong evidence for definite Shi'i sympathies among many Turkmen elements of the time.