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''' | '''Zaydīyya''' (Arabic:زیدیه) is one of the major [[Shi'a]] branches, whose followers believe that after [[Imam Ali (a)]], [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]], and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], an Imam is any righteous, knowledgeable, and brave man from the descendants of [[Lady Fatima (a)]] who calls people to his own [[imamate]] and to whom people pay [[allegiance]] for uprising against unjust rulers. This sect appeared in the early 2nd/8th century. Inclination to [[Mu'tazili]] theology and being closer to Sunnis, in comparison to other Shi'a branches, are two characteristics of Zaydiyya. [[Yemen]] is currently the country with the largest Zaydi population. | ||
In the past, Zaydis had dynasties in Yemen, [[Tabaristan]], and Morocco. Zaydi Imams ruled in Yemen for about eleven centuries until the establishment of the republic of Yemen in 1962. Since then, Zaydis were mostly in seclusion for two decades, but they have become increasingly active in social and political spheres recently. The revolutionary movement of [[Ansar Allah]] is among the influential Zaydi currents of Yemen today. | In the past, Zaydis had dynasties in Yemen, [[Tabaristan]], and Morocco. Zaydi Imams ruled in Yemen for about eleven centuries until the establishment of the republic of Yemen in 1962. Since then, Zaydis were mostly in seclusion for two decades, but they have become increasingly active in social and political spheres recently. The revolutionary movement of [[Ansar Allah]] is among the influential Zaydi currents of Yemen today. | ||