Polytheism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! =={{anchor|Use as a term of abuse}}Use as a term of abuse== The term "polytheist" is sometimes used by [[Sunni]] Muslim extremist groups such as [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) as a [[derogatory]] reference to [[Shiite]] Muslims, whom they view as having "strayed from Islam's monotheistic creed because of the reverence they show for historical figures, like [[Imam Ali]]".<ref name=NYT2018-01-17a>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/middleeast/iraq-baghdad-isis-bombing.html|title=ISIS Claims Responsibility for Baghdad Bombings|last1=Callimachi|first1=Rukmini|date=2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-01-21|last2=Coker|first2=Margaret|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|quote=The second refers to the group's view that Shiites have strayed from Islam's monotheistic creed because of the reverence they show for historical figures, like Imam Ali.}}</ref> Professor [[Paul Vitz]], an opponent of [[Selfism]] [sic], viewed America as a "most polytheistic nation".<ref name="Institute 2013 p. 58">{{cite book | last=Institute | first=T.P. | title=Newman and the Intellectual Tradition: Portsmouth Review | publisher=Sheed & Ward | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-58051-249-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qozPQqiGLxEC&pg=PA58 | access-date=2023-05-03 | page=58}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page