#Zaidism

[acomradea]

As someone who is Zaidi, it is so weird to understand that the only thing people around me know about Zaidia is that it is "what those terrorists in Yemen follow" like they are some scary foreign sect of Muslims which doesn't line up with my experience at all.

Lol like hello right here! I'm not shooting rockets in Yemen, I'm scraping the ice off my windshield asking you "how ya doin there! Pretty chilly today eh?"

Also the Houthi are an ethnic group who happen to make up a large number of the rebels but not all Houthi are rebels and not all rebels are Houthi, they aren’t a terrorist group and it's weird when people pretend like they are. And before you ask, I'm not a Houthi.

#colonialism #yemen #free yemen #Zaidi #Zaidism #anti colonialism #islam #muslim #shi'a #canada #canadian #anti capitalism #palestine #houthis #islamism

[tamamita]

What are your opinions of Zaidism, Ismailism, Ibadism, and Sufrism (not a typo - this is a Kharijite sect related to Ibadiyya)? Also, why are the Ridda wars known as "wars of apostasy" if Musaylimah and Sajah never rejected the oneness of God or prophecy of Muhammad? AFAICT, they were exaggerators (due to claiming to continue the line of prophecy), not apostates.

You're asking too many questions at once

[jhavelikes]

Who are the Houthis? The Houthis are a militia group representing a branch of Shia Islam called Zaidism that once ruled Yemen but was marginalised under the Sunni regime in the Yemen capital, Sana’a, since the 1962-70 civil war. They forced the government out in a 2014 coup, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention against them and a catastrophic civil war that the UN estimated led to 377,000 deaths and displaced 4 million people by the end of 2021.

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[keepyourgoodheart]

More of Zaida's Writings

More of Zaida’s Writings

I hope that everyone enjoyed the series on Zaidism; the Zaidiyyah Muslims within Shia Islam seem to only be getting smaller and smaller and even Zaida’s blog is now inactive. My hope is that by doing this it’ll keep the movement alive. You can also find some of her other blogs linked below: ismailismblog pro-ahulbait-sunnism Zaydiyyah’s Blog Unfortunately, they are also all inactive but they have…

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#Shia Islam #Zaidi #Zaidism #Zaidiyyah

[postalpundit]

Think before we bomb...

Okay, in a few tweets I'm going to try to explain what's going on in Yemen today, so you have some knowledge to counter this claim that America needs to bomb Iran because the Houthis bombed Saudi Arabia. It's complicated, but now you need to know.

 The conflict btwn Saudi Arabia and Yemen roughly dates from the 1932 founding of Saudi Arabia, when the new kingdom took territory from Yemen in a war set off by a border dispute. The Saudis has attempted to influence Yemeni affairs every since.

The Houthis are a group of Shia tribes in northern Yemen who practice a distinct form of Islam called Zaidism. In the 1980s, the Saudis began a campaign to push Sunni Wahabism into Houthi areas, creating massive friction with Houthi communities.

 Saudi Arabia sent Wahhabi settlers into Houthi areas to try to dilute Zaidism and increase Saudi influence in north Yemen. The Houthi resistance to the Saudis, and their patron governments in the Yemeni capital, grew and grew.

 In the 2000s, Saudi backed Yemeni governments carried out 6 separate wars against the now rebelling Houthis. Bush opposed most of these wars, believing the anti-Houthi campaigns to be doing more harm than good, especially as the Houthis began to reach out to Iran for help.

 Over the course of these wars, the Houthi military capabilities grew, and by 2010 they were the most battle tested army in Yemen. In 2015 they successfully marched on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and Saudi Arabia and UAE initiated a full fledged war against the Houthis.

Since 2015, there have been atrocities committed by both sides. Casualties are hard to track, but it could be that 100,000 Yemenis have died in the war, and the resulting humanitarian disaster has resulted in another 100,000 children dying of starvation or disease.

The cholera outbreak (the result of water treatment plants being destroyed) is the worst in recorded world history. Houthis refuse to let food & medicine reach contested areas. Saudis drop bombs on hospitals and school buses. Bottom line - it's the ugliest war on the planet.

 Over time, the Houthis have turned to Iran for more and more help. The Iranians don't have a command and control relationship with Houthis, but their influence grows every day the war continues. Houthi drones likely come from Iran.

Over time, a dangerous game of escalating behavior has developed. Saudis kill a bunch of Houthi civilians, then the Houthis launch an attack in Saudi Arabia. The latest attack on the Saudi refinery follows a Saudi attack on Dhamar prison which killed 100 people.

 Bottom line: the Saudis sowed the seeds of this mess. They marginalized the Houthis in the 80s and thru the 2000s wars. They bungled the prosecution of the post 2015 conflict. Houthis/Iranians have blood on their hands too, but the U.S. should not be a part of this disaster.

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1173406486082609152

#Saudia Arabia #Think before we bomb #Houthi #Iran

[rickilanders]

Four things you may not know about Yemen

Four things you may not know about Yemen Source: Al-Jazeera Where did the name ‘Houthi’ come from? What do the rebels want? What is Zaidism? And what is Yemen like today? Four things you may not know about Yemen

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#Editorial

[keepyourgoodheart]

Zaidism and Women's Liberation [Comments]

Zaidism and Women’s Liberation [Comments]

Here are some of the other interesting comments from the previous articles that I thought would contribute to the discussion. Mariam87August 3, 2010 at 12:51 AM What a fantastic article!! Zaidism is paving the way for womens rights in the Islamic world by setting clear rights for women. Its really interesting to read first-hand how a Saudi Woman feels. We so often judge their plight from the…

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[keepyourgoodheart]

Zaidism and Women’s Liberation (Part 2 of 2)

Zaidism and Women’s Liberation (Part 2 of 2)

Here is the rest of the previous article that Zaidi copied and pasted in the article. I’ve left everything the same way she wrote it. Here is the article by Abdullah Hamidaddin, entitled ” Segregating women from their humanity”: Part 1: I was visiting a friend a few days ago in Little Rock, Arkansas, state of President Clinton and other prominent American leaders. He took me around the city…

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#Human rights #Saudi Arabia #Women&039;s liberation #Women&039;s rights #Zaidis #Zaidism #Zaidiyyah

[keepyourgoodheart]

Zaidism and Women’s Liberation (Part 1 of 2)

Zaidism and Women’s Liberation (Part 1 of 2)

Here is a great article about women’s rights in Zaidiyyah thought by Zaida on her blog that is unfortunately no longer active. A writer from a distinguished Zaidi family has likened the treatment of Muslim women in Wahhabi Arabia, I mean, Saudi Arabia, to the way African Americans were treated 60 years ago, before they achieved their civil rights. After speaking directly to Saudi women about how…

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#burqa #hijab #Human rights #Khimar #niqab #Western World #Women&039;s liberation #Women&039;s rights #Yemen #Zaidi Muslims #Zaidism #Zaidiyyah

[keepyourgoodheart]

Selecting an Imam

Here is another article about Zaidism from Zaida’s blog. 1. The Role of an Imam: The role of the Imam is to carry on the Prophet’s task, including the carrying out of Divine Justice, writes a scholar from Imam Rassi Society: “As human beings, the prophets are bound by the finality of death. This means that the prophet must be succeeded by either another prophet, or a leader who subsequently…

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#Zaidi #Zaidism #Zaidiyyah

[keepyourgoodheart]

The Role of the Prophets: A Zaidi Perspective

The Role of the Prophets: A Zaidi Perspective

Here is another post from Zaida’s blog. There is a link between the Prophets,a just society, and Divine Justice, writes a scholar from Imam Rassi Society: The role of prophets was multifold. They served as living, breathing visual representations of the Creator reaching out to His creation.  One of the prophetic functions was to perfect and correct concepts of the Deity that were subsequently…

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#Shia Islam #Zaidi #Zaidism #Zaidiyyah

[keepyourgoodheart]

Zaidism: The Key to Muslim Unity?

Zaidism: The Key to Muslim Unity?

Here is another post about Zaidism from Zaida on her defunct blog. The biggest obstacle that Islam faces today is disunity. Fighting over petty things drains energy, resources, and lives. The mainstream groups, the sunnis and 12er Shi-ites, both stubbornly insist that they, and only they, are right, and refuse to budge even a centimeter from their standpoints, which are etched in ideological…

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#hadith #muslim #Prophetic Narrations #Shia Islam #Ummah #Unity #Zaidi Muslims #Zaidism #Zaidiyya

[keepyourgoodheart]

Is Zaidism Successful?

Here is another post from Zaida’s now-dead blog about Zaidism. I hope that by reposting these articles that the movement will not die out. In a detailed article, a 12-er Shi-ite has expressed the view that Zaidism has an unsuccessful history, therefore it is not the version of Islam that people should prefer. Interesting argument, but it calls into question, how does one measure success in this…

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#Zaidi Muslims #Zaidism #Zaidiyya

[keepyourgoodheart]

Is Zaidism a sect?

Is Zaidism a sect?

Zaida writes: In my view, Zaidism is really Islam without the additions that have happened by various groups during the past centuries. The Zaidis of Yemen, unlike the Sunnis, Hanbalis, Wahhabis and Shi-ites of Iraq, Syria, Iran and Arabia, did not introduce the following concepts/practices to Islam: The hidden imam, infallible imams, anthropomorphism, fatalism, the kasb theory of appropriation,…

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#Shia Islam #Zaidis #Zaidism #Zaidiyya Islam

[keepyourgoodheart]

Zaidis judge ahadith by the Qur'an, not the other way around

Zaidis judge ahadith by the Qur’an, not the other way around

This is probably the primary reason why I decided to join the Zaidiyya movement but I still have my own personal views about certain Hadith books beyond this. I also hope that Zaida would decide to revive her blog! In the meantime I’ll continue to link her articles here so the beauty of Zaidism doesn’t disappear. According to a Zaidi brother/scholar from Arabia, the Zaidi scholars only accept…

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#Ahadith #Allah #Brother Owais #God #hadith #Hadith Books #Ijtihad #Logic #Prophet Muhammad #Quran #Quran Only #Quranists #Reasoning #Shia Hadith #Shia Islam #Sunni #Traditions #Zaida #Zaidis #Zaidism #Zaidiyya

[keepyourgoodheart]

What is the Zaidi position on the burqa?

What is the Zaidi position on the burqa?

There is always going to be much debate about this issue in both Muslim-majority countries and the Western world and I really liked what Zaida had to say about it but I also think that women’s rights would include a woman’s right to wear the niqab if that’s what she really wants. My personal position on the veiling (hijab, niqab and everything else) is that it’s not Islamic to force someone to…

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#burqa #hijab #Islam #Mandatory #muslim #niqab #Perspective #Salafi #Salafists #Shia Islam #Sweetland Edwards #Veil #views #Yemen #Zaidi #Zaidism #Zaidiyya