[quote=@Buddha]
Your point also doesn't really go for Islam.. there's not really a center organization of imams, so to speak. There's no 'head imam' within either of the two sects.
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Well, there was the Caliph as the head of Sunni Islam, and Shi'a have the Imamate, which headed by [i]The Imam[/i] of which there ranges from 7 to 12 in the line according to which sect of Shi'a theology is being followed, a uniquely Shi'a concept of an infallable leader with a direct connection with God.

There's also Ibadis, who reject central authority