Rechabites. 10C BC Jewish ascetic pastoral sect.

Samaritans. Jewish sect. Claim descent from Jews not deported 722BC. A claim rejected by other Jews. Lost Ten Tribes of Israel.

Shakers. 1747-. English celibate communal Quaker sect. 1774 moved to US.

Shi’ite. Major Moslem sect believing in Mahdi at the millenium. Official religion of Iran. Sunni. Fatimid. Assassin. Druze. Ali.

Shinran. 1173-1262. Japanese Buddhist. Founded True Pure Land sect.

Socinianism. 1550-19C Unitarian-like religious sect. Christ divine by function, not nature. 1658 Poland.

Spiritualists, Greater World. 1931. Christian sect communicating with the dead.

Strang, James. 1813-56. Founded dissident Mormon Strangite sect.

Sunni. Majority orthodox Moslem sect who follow Sunnah, traditional legal, social practices. Shi’ite.

Third Section. 1826-80. Nicholas I’s secret police, informants.

Thugs. Indian religious sect suppressed by British. Killed travellers to offer to goddess Kali.

Utraquists. 15C. Moderate Bohemian Hussite sect; most re-absorbed by Roman Catholic Church 1620. Moravian Church.

Vaisnavism. 7C BC Hindu sect. Worship Vishnu as Krishna and Rama.

Wahabi. 18-19C. Militant Moslem Arab Puritan sect. Fought Porte 1813-15. Invaded Kuwait 1919,27,28; repulsed with British help. 2001 World Trade Center. Taliban.

Waldenses. 1170-. Austere heretical Christian sect. Founded by Waldo at Lyons. Persecuted in France, Italy, England.

Yellow Hats. 14C. Monastic Tibetan Buddhist sect. Ruled 1642-1950. Dalai Lama.

Zealots. Jewish sect. Led revolt vs Rome 66-70. Used terrorism, assassination of those friendly to Rome. Masada.

Zeidler. Invented DDT 1874. Used as insecticide 1939-70.

Zen Buddhism. 6C-. Sect founded by Bodhidharma. Sudden Enlightenment by meditation on Koan paradoxes. 1191 imported to Japan.