Sepharadim are very strong in their Yahadut. The people with the most bitachon and emunat chachamim that I have ever come across are Sephardic. The strong ones are just as strong in their observing of Halacha as any strong Ashkenazi Jew.
Sepharadim had the expulsion of Jews from Spain during the Spanish Inquisition and life was not always perfect for our ancestors in the Arab countries, far from perfect at times, torturous at others. My mother left her country at a very young age as did many other people I know due to dire circumstances. One woman I know was imprisoned in Syria at a very young age and tortured by the guards there. She miraculously survived to tell her story. She’s not the only one. During World War II Sephardic Jews in Europe suffered the same fate as Ashkenazi Jewry. Sephardic Jews in Africa suffered too. Jews in Iran and Yemen had their fair share of suffering too as did Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in other countries. In Israel, Sephardic Jews were mistreated by their very own brothers. Babies were stolen from Yemenite women and given up for adoption. Don’t forget Sephardic Jewry is in the Diaspora too. {Maybe we just complain less? KIDDING.}
I don’t think that the flaming back and forth that goes on here over non-halachik or semi-halachik minutae would be anathema to sepharadic culture [sic] as I am sure that there are some Sephardic Jews here who flame the fire too. I do think that there are many here that like to argue Halacha and I don’t mean that in a negative way. I’m sure most mean well…at least I hope they do.