====== Points of Divergence : Various other religions ======

PODs about various other religions from all around the world, usually smaller in size (number of worshippers) or already extinct in the present. 


==== General musings ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262163|Challenge: Biggest religion (by numbers) has no gods]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=294955|Plausibility check: Major world religion founded after Islam]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-have-a-major-world-religion-develop-in-the-americas.493361/|Challenge: Have a major world religion develop in the Americas]]**

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==== Baha'i ====

Baha'i is the youngest world religion. It is rooted in both Abrahamic monotheism and the dharmic meta religion.

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=92298|Earlier Bahaism ?]]**

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==== Caodaiism (Cao Dai) ====

A modern religious movement founded in [[offtopic:Vietnam]] in the 1920s.

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=303815|Plausibility check: Caodaiist-wank ?]]**

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==== Sikhism ====

Sikhism has a complicated history and its own unique trappings, blending Islam and dharmic religions, such as Hinduism.

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=303441|Plausibility check: Sikh Majority India ?]]**

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==== Jainism ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250049|Make Jainism as influential as Buddhism in the West]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265091|Challenge: Jainist India]]**

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==== Hauhauism ====

A now-extinct syncretic faith founded by a [[offtopic:New Zealand]] Maori man in the 19th century. 

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=260172|Hauhauism PODs]]**

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==== Manichaeism ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=376521|Challenge: Manichaeism takes the role of Christianity]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256832|WI: Islam vs. Manichaeism ?]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=370355|Why was manichaeism persecuted so much ?]]**

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==== Mithraism ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=263329|Plausibility check: Emperor Constantine unites the empire under Mithraism ?]]**

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==== Other Abrahamic religions ====

Abrahamic religions other than [[jews and judaism|Judaism]], [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]].

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258318|Challenge: Fourth great Abrahamic Religion]]**

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==== Traditional African religions ====

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265716|Challenge/Plausibility check: Subsaharan religion widely practiced throughout the Mediterranean]]**

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==== Zoroastrianism ====

The traditional Persian religious faith, founded a few centuries BC by Persian scholar and mystic Zarathustra/Zoroaster.

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261309|Island of Fire: Zoroastrian Zanzibar]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=26240|Muhammad is a Zoroastrian]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=251205|Challenge: Zoroastrian Russia]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255442|Surviving dominant Zoroastrianism without a surviving Persia]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=365682|Would Zoroastrianism or Nestorianism be more or less conservative than Islam ?]]**

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==== See Also ====

**[[religions|Religious Points of Divergence]]**

**[[Christianity|Points of Divergence concerning Christianity]]**

**[[Islam|Points of Divergence concerning Islam]]**

**[[jews and judaism|Points of Divergence concerning Judaism and Jews]]**

**[[buddhism|Points of Divergence concerning Buddhism]]**

**[[hinduism|Points of Divergence concerning Hinduism]]**

**[[indigenous religions|Points of Divergence concerning indigenous religions]]**

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