Poll of the Day > What's an Ismaili?

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Apparently today is national Ismaili day, but I don't know what that is.

And don't at me for being ignant, cuz obviously I am if I don't know an entire.......... nationality?

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www.google.ca

I dont know what it is either, but Id start there.

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Call me Ismaili. Some years agonever mind how long preciselyhaving little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

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Ahab no idea what that is.

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Google leads me to a sub-set, of a sub-set, of Islam.

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faramir77 posted...

Ahab no idea what that is.

Nice..

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).
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