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Originally Posted by fchase8
Caliph, which diverged strongly with Homeline, has an Islam quite close to Homeline's (the biggest mentioned liturgical difference seemed to be praying to Mecca three times a day, instead of five...).
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This *is* a major doctrinal difference, comparable to the Protestant Reformation ditching a bunch of traditional sacraments. It's rooted in much the same sort thing - there are 3 explicit salah in the Qur'an, the other two are traditional - with support in the Hadith, but still, not actually Quranic.
It's worth keeping in mind that it's not always easy for outsiders to *tell* if something is or is not significantly divergent in a religion, because a lot of the stuff that's directly observable, and hence needs to be written up in any playable description, since it's what everyone will see, is ultimately customary (adiaphoral as the religious professionals might label it) while stuff that does count as essential doctrinal difference deeply separating two sects can sometimes be invisible, sometimes even to the non-professional members of said sects.