Sections Of Islam

Islamic sects are not simply denominations if that word is understood to mean various valid approaches to the same religion.

Sections of islam. The shi a followers believe that muhammad did choose a successor ali ibn abi talib his son in law. The imamate however is the essence of shi ism and the last justice is an inheritance from the mu tazilites or rationalists whose system is in many ways perpetuated in shi ite theology. The first three are found in sunni islam albeit with some differences of emphasis.

Sufism is the mystic branch of islam. Territory of war denoting adjoining non islamic lands whose rulers are called upon to accept islam. Members of one islamic group do not usually recognize members of other groups as fellow muslims and open conflict between sects is not uncommon.

While regular islam emphasizes actions including prayer and fasting it say little about heart experience. Sufism says the external actions do not matter it is the internal that counts. American society of muslims.

He claimed it was a sect of. Nation of islam founded by wallace fard muhammad in detroit in 1930 with a declared aim of resurrecting the. Warith deen mohammed.

The sunni branch is by far the largest denomination of islam and represents 89 90 of all followers of islam. In classical islamic law the major division are dar al islam lit. Yet as a whole islam is less divided than christianity and judaism the vast majority of the world s muslims are sunnis.

Another lesser known branch of. The major denominations of islam sunni.