Which sect of Islam did the Fatimid Caliphate follow?
Sunni
Ismaili Shi'a
Sufi
Kharijite
Answer
The Fatimid Caliphate followed the Ismaili Shi'a sect of Islam. They believed in the spiritual authority of the imams, who were descendants of Muhammad's daughter Fatima and her husband ‘Ali b. Abi Talib. This belief distinguished them from the Sunni majority, who recognized the political authority of the caliphs but not their spiritual authority.
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