Zaydi Islam outside of Yemen

[Guest Abu Rawafidh]

Zaydi Muslims are a branch of Shi'a Islam closest to Sunni Islam more than other branches of Shia Islam are. It is widely believed that Zaydi Shi'a Islam is the oldest sect from the Shi'a branch of Islam although Twelver Shi'a believe otherwise. Zaydi Muslims today are concentrated in Yemen but used to have a much more wider reach, at times being the largest sect of Shia Islam. Zaydi Shiites even used to control the Iranian Caspian region. 

Today, most Zaidis are confined to Yemen but there are Zaydi communities outside Yemen. There are a few in Saudi Arabia, a good population being in Najran. Some small villages in the south of Saudi Arabia are controlled by Zaydis. Zaydis also control the Islamic Sultanate of Qarsherskiy, a small, self-proclaimed Islamic state in North America that has been under control of various sects of Islam, first Maturidi Sufi Sunnis, than Salafis and Wahhabis, then Ismailis, and now Zaydis. Many Zaydis live in other parts of North America, particularly the US and Canada where many refugees from Yemen settled.

Many question if popular YouTuber and Muslim comedian, Dulla Mulla, based in Detroit area, is Sunni or Zaydi.

[JannahLM]

I know a few Zaydis, all converts and living in the west. I have never actually encountered a Zaydi of actual Yemeni descent.

[realizm]

On 10/18/2023 at 7:08 PM, Guest Abu Rawafidh said:

 Islamic Sultanate of Qarsherskiy, a small, self-proclaimed Islamic state in North America

This state is a joke, right? 

[Abu_Zahra]

6 hours ago, realizm said:

This state is a joke, right? 

They certainly put a lot of effort into creating wiki pages, a brief history,  political conflicts. Essentially it isn't far from writing the entire script for an entertainment series