Ibadi Islam

For other uses, see Ibadi (disambiguation).
Ibadism
الإباضية‎
al-ʾIbāḍiyya
The Ibadi Mosque of Guellala in Jerba, Tunisia
TypeSchool of Islam
ClassificationKharijism
TheologyMonotheism
LanguageClassical Arabic
TerritoryMajority reside in:
 Oman
Minority reside in:
 Algeria (Mzab)
 Libya (Nafusa)
 Tunisia (Djerba)
 Tanzania (Zanzibar)
FounderAbdallah ibn Ibad
Originc. 692 AD
Basra
Membersc. 2.72 million[1] – 7 million[2]
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The Ibadi movement or Ibadism (Arabic: الإباضية, romanized: al-ʾIbāḍiyya, Arabic pronunciation: [alʔibaːˈdˤijja]) is a branch inside Islam, which many believe is descended from the Kharijites.[3] The followers of Ibadism are known as the Ibadis or, as they call themselves, The People of Truth and Integrity (Arabic: أهل الحقّ والاستقامة).

Ibadism emerged around 60 years after the Islamic prophet Muhammad's death in 632 AD[4] as a moderate school of the Khawarij movement,[5][6][7][page needed] although contemporary Ibāḍīs strongly object to being classified as Kharijites.[8] Ibadis consider and view themselves, like Shia and Sunni, as being the oldest and most genuine sect of Islam.

Today, the largest of these communities and the most prosperous is in Oman in the southeast peninsula of Arabia. It is also practiced to a lesser extent in Algeria (Mzab), Tunisia (Djerba), Libya (Nafusa), and Tanzania (Zanzibar).[9][10][11][12][13]

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  3. ^ Vallely, Paul (19 February 2014). "Schism between Sunni and Shia has been poisoning Islam by manies for 1,400 years – and it's getting worse". The Independent.
  4. ^ Library, International and Area Studies. "LibGuides: Ibadi Islam: History". guides.library.illinois.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  5. ^ John L. Esposito, ed. (2014). "Ibadis". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Ibadis [:] subsect of Khariji Islam founded in the eighth century. Has its strongest presence in Oman, but is also found in North Africa and various communities on the Swahili Coast.
  6. ^ Lewicki, T. (1971). "al-Ibāḍiyya". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume III: H–Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 648–660. OCLC 495469525.
  7. ^ Hoffman 2012.
  8. ^ Hoffman 2012, p. 3.
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  10. ^ Ghazal, Amal N. (8 April 2010). Islamic Reform and Arab Nationalism: Expanding the Crescent from the ... - Amal N. Ghazal - Google Books. Routledge. ISBN 9781136996559. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  11. ^ Thompson, Andrew David (2019-10-31). Christianity in Oman: Ibadism, Religious Freedom, and the Church - Andrew David Thompson - Google Books. Springer. ISBN 9783030303983. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  12. ^ Islam In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide - BookCaps Study Guides Staff - Google Books. BookCaps Study Guides. 2012. ISBN 9781621071792. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  13. ^ Walker, Bethany; Fenwick, Corisande; Insoll, Timothy (3 September 2020). The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology - Google Books. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-998787-0. Retrieved 2022-10-01.