arded Zayd as the fifth Imam. They became known as “Fivers” or Zaydis. Zaydism as a doctrine has emphasized philoso-phy and rationalism rather than textual literalism.1 In practice, the later Zaydi Imam-ates demonstrated tolerance for Shafi‘ism, the dominant Sunni school of . More @Wikipedia
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