"Religiously, al-Nimr said that he is first a Shi'a, then a Muslim, then a member of the Ahl al-Bayt (literally People of the House; the phrase refers to Muslims,
Christians and Jews)". Of course, he is dead wrong. He oddly confuses between People of the Book and Ahl-Al-Bayt, which refers to the descendants of Muhammad. I won't go over the exact meaning of the term in Sunni and Shi`ite traditions: in Sunni Islam, it often refers to the wives of the Prophet while in Shi`ite Islam it refers to Mohammad and Ali and Fatimah and their descendants up to the 12th Imam.
Christians and Jews)". Of course, he is dead wrong. He oddly confuses between People of the Book and Ahl-Al-Bayt, which refers to the descendants of Muhammad. I won't go over the exact meaning of the term in Sunni and Shi`ite traditions: in Sunni Islam, it often refers to the wives of the Prophet while in Shi`ite Islam it refers to Mohammad and Ali and Fatimah and their descendants up to the 12th Imam.
