1 Rashed Sayed Saberi History 796 During our era, globalization has made the study of Islam, Muslims and their history an essential topic. If anyone in the world wants to discover the religion, which will be one of the largest religions in the world before the end of the 21 st century, they should study this religion accurately and impartially. Furthermore, during an era of knowledge and pluralism, unfortunately one can still witness the bloody sectarian violence among some of the Sunni and Shia sects, which demonstrates the existence of some ignorance and extremism. A correct mutual sectarian understanding is a path to help achieve religious tolerance and a peaceful society. Throughout my various meetings with high ranking politicians and an array of scholars from different sects and regions, I expect that one of the highest priorities to success in the Islamic identification era is to explore each Islamic sect independently through its own sources, and not via others’ narrations. For example, if we ask a Sunni Muslim; “what do Shia Muslims believe about Imam Ali?” most likely his answer differs from the answer of a Shia Muslim. When leaders, scholars, and key decision makers are aware of the exact belief, standards and exceptions of each Islamic sect, their leadership would have more success and progress with their international and inter-faith community decisions. The largest Islamic minority is the Shia sect, which has an intricate history. Some of the Shia characteristics are not comparable with other Islamic sects; including the way the Shia community is managed and the difference between the levels of authority in the leadership. After the demise of Prophet Mohammad, Shia religious management gradually became organized and structured, until the time of the Safavid period, where cultural and religious Shia management