- ZAYDIS
- a branch of Shi'ite ISLAM which shares many features of the SUNN TRADITION such as accepting the legitimacy of AB BAKR and Umar but rejecting many Shi'ite BELIEFS about ALI and the NATURE of the IMAM.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
ZAYDIS
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