Faith
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Tenets
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Views on gender
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Religious attitude
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Clerical tradition
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Head of faith
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Muhammad's Succession
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marriage doctrines
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Crime doctrines
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Clergy doctrines
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Holy sites
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Ash'arism
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- Fatwa
- Jizya
- Struggle and Submission
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Sunni
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Criminal
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Baghdad
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Sinai
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Muwalladism
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- Adaptive
- Jizya
- Struggle and Submission
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Male dominated
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Pluralist
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Sunni
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Accepted
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Criminal
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Cordoba
- Fes
- Mecca
- Medina
- Jerusalem
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Maturidism
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- Fatwa
- Literalism
- Struggle and Submission
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Male dominated
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Pluralist
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Sunni
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Criminal
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Baghdad
- Constantinople
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
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Almohadism
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- Literalism
- Struggle and Submission
- Warmonger
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Male dominated
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Fundamentalist
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Sunni
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Criminal
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Fes
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Tinmallal
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Mu'tazilism
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- Fatwa
- Legalism
- Struggle and Submission
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Sunni
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Always allowed
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Baghdad
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Sinai
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Isma'ilism
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- Jizya
- Struggle and Submission
- Taqiya
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Shia
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Zayidism
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- Legalism
- Struggle and Submission
- Taqiya
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Shia
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Nizarism
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- Fatwa
- Struggle and Submission
- Taqiya
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Shia
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Criminal
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Spiritual, for life
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- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Imamism
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Shia
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Baghdad
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Ibadism
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Muhakkima
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Basra
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nizwa
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Najdatism
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- Esotericism
- Fatwa
- Struggle and Submission
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Spiritual
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Muhakkima
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Bahrein
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Yamama
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Azraqism
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- Legalism
- Struggle and Submission
- Warmonger
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Equal
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Fundamentalist
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Muhakkima
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Criminal
- Female adultery: Criminal
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Jerusalem
- Kufa
- Mecca
- Medina
- Siffa
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Sufrism
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- Literalism
- Struggle and Submission
- Taqiya
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Equal
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Muhakkima
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Always allowed
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Either
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Siffa
- Sijilmasa
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Druze
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- Gnosticism
- Reincarnation
- Taqiya
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Zandaqa
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Always allowed
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Criminal
- Female adultery: Criminal
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Either
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Beirut
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Zozan
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Alawism
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- Communion
- Esotericism
- Reincarnation
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Spiritual
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Zandaqa
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- Marriage type: Monogamous
- Divorce: Always allowed
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Criminal
- Female adultery: Criminal
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Criminal
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Either
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Alevism
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- Esotericism
- Inner Journey
- Literalism
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Zandaqa
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Disallowed
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Criminal
- Female adultery: Criminal
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Either
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Ikhtilafism
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- Esotericism
- Struggle and Submission
- Taqiya
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Zandaqa
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Shunned
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Qarmatianism
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Male dominated
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Righteous
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Lay Clergy
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Temporal
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Zandaqa
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Accepted
- Male adultery: Shunned
- Female adultery: Shunned
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Shunned
- Witchcraft: Shunned
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Nadjaf
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Quranism
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Male dominated
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Fundamentalist
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Lay Clergy
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None
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Zandaqa
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- Marriage type: Polygamous
- Divorce: Must be approved
- Bastardry: No bastards
- Consanguinity: Cousin marriage
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- Same-sex relations: Criminal
- Male adultery: Criminal
- Female adultery: Criminal
- Kinslaying: Accepted
- Deviancy: Criminal
- Witchcraft: Criminal
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- Clerical function: Alms and Pacification
- Clerical gender: Only men
- Clerical marriage: allowed
- Clerical appointment: Temporal, for life
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- Baghdad
- Jerusalem
- Mecca
- Medina
- Sinai
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