section_path: Assessment and legacy/In other religions
section_name: In other religions
paragraph_text: In other religions
  
  In the Druze faith, Ali is considered a "minor prophet," like Plato and Socrates. Even though the faith originally developed out of the Isma'ili branch of Shia Islam, the Druze are not Muslims, and do not accept the five pillars of Islam. In Yarsanism, a religion founded by the Kurdish mystic Sultan Sahak, Ali is thought to be an incarnation of God, and superior to Muhammad, but their image as a Ghulat (lit. ' exaggerators ' or ' extremists ') subsect of Shia Islam is incorrect.