What was the main religious sect of the Fatimid Caliphate?
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
Sufism
Ismailism
Answer
The Fatimid Caliphate followed the Isma'ili Shia Muslim sect. Saladin, a Sunni Muslim, abolished the Fatimid Caliphate in 1171 and realigned Egypt with the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate based in Baghdad.
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