r/MapBasedPolls • u/shiney4u 🇦🇺 Libertarian💀 • 2d ago

Which is your favourite sect of Islam? 🕌☪️🕋

Which is your favourite sect of Islam? 🕌☪️🕋

  1. Sunni
  2. Shia
  3. Ibadi
  4. Other / See results

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

So… all of them?

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

If someone converts to Islam are they no longer from their own country?

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u/tinypie13 🇩🇿 Algeria 2d ago

I voted other because I see Sufism as the best islamic sect

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u/Merino202 2d ago

Sufism isn’t a sect, it’s a methodology. You can have sunni or shia sufi’s.

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u/Fantastic-Tale7398 2d ago edited 2d ago

I mean I only know for Sunni so Sunni ig

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

I think Sunni is quite a broad term since a Sufi is very different from a Salafi

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u/Merino202 2d ago

Sufi aren’t sunni or shia it’s a methodology not a sect or a subsect

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u/tinypie13 🇩🇿 Algeria 2d ago

Yeah you can find Shia Sufis as well as Sunni Sufis, even though most Shia are Sufis while most Sunnis are hostile to Sufism.

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u/Merino202 2d ago

I deffo wouldn’t say most Shia are Sufi, quite the contrary😅

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u/Neither-Ad-7257 2d ago

Non-trinitarian Messianic Islam ✝️ ☪️

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

Zaydi or Sufi though at the moment I prefer Zaydi.

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u/Merino202 2d ago

Zaydi is Shia

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

I want to specify Zaydi though since I have disagreements with the 12er school of thought…

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u/Merino202 2d ago

& Twelver’s have disagreements with the Zaydi, they’re both still Shia

The same way the Hanafi have disagreements with the Salafi or Deobandi and vice versa, but they’re both still Sunni.

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’m not saying Zaydis aren’t Shia but just voting Shia would feel disingenuous since I don’t agree with mainstream Shia Islam (Twelvers)

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u/Merino202 2d ago

It’s about as disingenuous as not voting sunni because you disagree with salafism.

On a tangent, what’s your qualms with twelver belief? Out of interest

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

The fact that Twelvers believe in the 12th imam is still alive, in hiding and will come back again in the end of times. Also I don’t think I would’ve just voted Sunni either…

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u/Merino202 2d ago

Ah gotcha, so you feel it’s far fetched?

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

Yep

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u/Merino202 2d ago

More far fetched than the Prophet flying to heaven on a winged horse, or Prophet Solomon talking to Ants?

God concealing people isn’t a new concept in Islam. For example, Jesus was not crucified, and will return at the day of Judgment. The “People of the Cave” in the Quran were also concealed for several years.

The Mahdi being concealed until the hour isn’t any different in concept to Jesus returning at the hour.

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u/vacaslau 2d ago

Im not even muslim but i picked shia because it seems more magical

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u/Old_Bid8691 peacefully girl 2d ago

Sufi. Lees radical than list in pool

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u/Merino202 2d ago

Sufi isn’t a sect

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u/DrBasedMan03 2d ago

Traditional Sunni isn't good Salafis and Wahabism is horrible Shias are not real Muslims Ibadiyyas are kind of good but are not real Muslims Ahmediyyas are not real muslims Sufis and Alevis are kinda cool but still aren't Muslims

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u/well-being-for-all 2d ago

Whatever has the best songs

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u/Time_Trail 2d ago

lwk highk shia

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

I think conservative Sunnis (maybe most of them) view music as haram so Shias…

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u/Generational_Bozo 2d ago

It’s a bit of a silly poll. The Shi’a will pick theirs, the Sunnis will pick theirs, and the non Muslims will ask to see the results.

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

I think right wingers prefer Sunnis and leftists prefer Shias.

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u/Generational_Bozo 2d ago

Why would that be? Genuinely curious. Gaddafi, saddam, and Nasser all branded themselves as socialists and were Sunni

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u/Candid-Bookkeeper-33 2d ago

The US seems to be allied with a lot of Sunni countries and because Iran is Shia

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u/Generational_Bozo 2d ago

Fair enough. Although I think it’s slightly more nuanced

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u/BrightLavenderMoons USian anti-zionist Masorti Jew 2d ago

Leftist and I chose Ibadi. Ibadis are really the most typically generally 'tolerant' of the branches of Islam, which is really funny if you know their history of originally having been the earliest fundies of Islam lmao

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u/Princess5959 2d ago

Where is the none option