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Minority religions in mid-east
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:15 pm
by ficino
A review of an account of some millenia-old religious groups of small numbers in the middle east, sc.
Samaritans
Yazidis
Druze
Mandaeans
Zoroastrians
Copts (they're still numerous, though)
Kalasha
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousben ... perishing/
Re: Minority religions in mid-east
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:49 am
by Huon
Alawites
Alevism
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Nestorianism
Azraqites Kharijites
Bábism
Bahá'í
Bahoutzim Jews of Algeria
Bektashism Turkey
Barghawata Morocco
Shafi'i Sunni Islam
Zoroastrianism, Parsi, Mazdeans
Hanbali school (Sunni)
Hanafi school (Sunni)
Maliki school (Sunni)
Shafi'i school (Sunni)
Ibadi
Ismailism
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
Kharijites
Maronites
Mazdakism
156,000 Armenians in Lebanon
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Mozabites of Algeria (Ibadi)
Zaidiyyah
Re: Minority religions in mid-east
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:30 pm
by andrewcriddle
I have some quibbles about specific points but Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms is an excellent book, well worth reading.
Andrew Criddle
Re: Minority religions in mid-east
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:13 pm
by KizzieDoes
Huon wrote:Alawites
Alevism
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Nestorianism
Azraqites Kharijites
Bábism
Bahá'í
Bahoutzim Jews of Algeria
Bektashism Turkey
Barghawata Morocco
Shafi'i Sunni Islam
Zoroastrianism, Parsi, Mazdeans
Hanbali school (Sunni)
Hanafi school (Sunni)
Maliki school (Sunni)
Shafi'i school (Sunni)
Ibadi
Ismailism
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
Kharijites
Maronites
Mazdakism
156,000 Armenians in Lebanon
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Mozabites of Algeria (Ibadi)
Zaidiyyah
Beyond the Sunni, is it only the Zoroastrianism that are still in operation, does anybody know. Great list, by the way...
Re: Minority religions in mid-east
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:45 pm
by MrMacSon
Arianism
Isiacism/Serapianism
Montanism
Mythracism
Re: Minority religions in mid-east
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:23 pm
by shunyadragon
KizzieDoes wrote:Huon wrote:Alawites
Alevism
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Nestorianism
Azraqites Kharijites
Bábism
Bahá'í
Bahoutzim Jews of Algeria
Bektashism Turkey
Barghawata Morocco
Shafi'i Sunni Islam
Zoroastrianism, Parsi, Mazdeans
Hanbali school (Sunni)
Hanafi school (Sunni)
Maliki school (Sunni)
Shafi'i school (Sunni)
Ibadi
Ismailism
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
Kharijites
Maronites
Mazdakism
156,000 Armenians in Lebanon
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Mozabites of Algeria (Ibadi)
Zaidiyyah
Beyond the Sunni, is it only the Zoroastrianism that are still in operation, does anybody know. Great list, by the way...
The Baha'i Faith is still functioning, though severely oppressed in many Islamic countries. The World Center of the Baha'i Faith is in Haifa, Israel.