by LNRulez01 » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:03 pm
Reddy wrote:I'm not sure if this is the place for the question but does anyone else feel it's a little off having Kafuristan as basically the centre of Ahmadism (holy city of Helem) despite it being the Abadi heartland of Terra. In RL that would basically having Mecca/Medina somewhere in the Shia Crescent and with Shia being a smaller sect than Sunni that would be odd. Perhaps Kafuristan should be Queranz instead of Abadi?
OOC: I know it's fairly easy to convert a country's religion ala Egelion or in RL Iran in the 16th century under the Safavids, especially given that Kafuristan doesn't even have cultural protocols but I thought I sound out opinion first.
EEL123 wrote:I'm not familiar with the religion all of Kafuristan, so I'll just take what you're saying on trust. In which case, it is fairly bizarre, and probably should be corrected. Unless we want to keep it deliberately as a bit of an esoteric novelty.
Having played in both Kafuristan and Badara for many years, it is true that work on the Ahmadi faiths is far from finished and still needs much work (which is a mea culpa on my side). I must say that although Ahmadism is based on RL Islam, it differs on some points. For one, the relationship between the Queranz and Abadi branches of Ahmadism has been less violent/more friendlier then the one between Sunnies and Shias so there are no tensions between them (at least it has never been roleplayed like that). Secondly, there is not one place that is deemed the holiest place/city for Ahmadism. You have Helem in Kafuristan (the location where Ahmad ascended to Heaven (he died and is buried there), as well as the alleged burial site of Eliyahu), then there are Bab al Mira in Badara (not sure why it is deemed holy to be honest) and Yishelem in Beiteynu. If there was to be one place that is holiest in Ahmadism it should be located in Barmenia/Barmenistan as that is the birthplace of Ahmad and where one of the Holy Spirits revealed the Book of Bliss to him. The only problem with Barmenia is that it is now the home of Felinism (not sure if that is still true) which would be problematic for the Ahmadi's.
Having said this, please feel free to add to the work for Ahmadism and its branches. It is badly needed
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