GCSE Religious Studies Shi’a Islam: Beliefs and Practices

September 2023

We kick off the school year with a fantastic FREE book on Islam, focusing on Shia Islam. This book is kindly given to users of RE:ONLINE by the Al Khoei Foundation, who published the book in 2017, when Shia Islam was first included in the GCSE. The Foundation wish to make the book freely available to all teachers so as many people as possible can benefit from it in RE classrooms.

Although the book covers GCSE themes, it offers a useful history of Shia Islam and an understanding of practices and beliefs today. If Shia Islam is something you always wanted to know more about, look no further. Written by RE Adviser Zameer Hussain and scholar Ahab Bdaiwi, this offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to Shia Islam.

Read Zameer’s blog to find out more about the book as well as general reflections on teaching Shia Islam