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| Topic | What's an Ismaili? |
| ParanoidObsessive 07/12/20 3:35:09 PM #7: | I'd assume it has something to do with the sect of Islam (though I'm not 100% sure it's spelled exactly that way). Don't quote me on this (I don't remember the exact details), but Shi'ite Islam sort of revolves around the idea of Imams being the core of their religion, and there's something like twelve of them throughout history, but there's also different factions that disagree over whether or not all 12 are actually "canon", and the sects tend to be referred to by which Imam they consider the last legitimate one. So there's a faction known as "the Fivers", there's one for the Seventh Imam, and so on. If I ALSO remember correctly, I think the Ismaili (sp?) sect are the ones that gave birth to the Assassins (via a different doctrinal dispute). --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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