Talk:Zindikites

The article text, sourced to a 1907 encyclopaedia, says: "Zindikites is a Muslim heretical sect, who disbelieve in Allah, deny the resurrection, and do not believe in life after death. The Zindikites used to be called the Mazdakite, Manichean and Gnostic communities."

The 1907 encyclopaedia is just wrong. Zindiq, Zandik etc. is a derogatory term applied to undesirable sects, there has never been a specific sect that officially refers to itself as "Zindikite". No sect could ever "disbelieve in Allah, deny the resurrection and not believe in life after death" and still pretend to be "Muslim". Nor could these ideas be the defining tenets of any religious sect at all. Rather, these are just the standard Muslim accusations directed against "kafirs" ever since the Qur'an, and they have been directed at many different groups. Of these, neither Mazdakites, nor gnostics, nor Manichaeans can be said to "disbelieve in God" and "in life after death". We already have articles about the terms Zindiq and Zandik, this one should simply be deleted.--91.148.159.4 (talk) 20:53, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I have tried to correct the facts - the article is still redundant, I but won't start a deletion procedure, because it's too complicated and time-engaging.--91.148.159.4 (talk) 20:58, 17 August 2010 (UTC)