Zaidism

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Zaidism is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam from Yemen.[1] It was founded in Saada in 898,

References

  1. "Armed Groups Jostling for Influence in Yemen". Yemen Online. 2014-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140921220032/http://yemenonline.info/news-4275.html. "Saada, the Huthi stronghold, is the birthplace of Zaidism, founded in 898 by the creation of a politico-religious regime dubbed the Zaidi Imamate toppled in 1962 by a military coup that established the republic."