branch of Islam

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concept

A branch of Islam is a major doctrinal and communal subdivision within the Islamic faith, distinguished by differing interpretations of theology, law, and religious authority.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Sunni Muslim 47
Sufi order 27
branch of Shia Islam 6

Instances (86)

Instance Via concept surface
Samaniyya order Sufi order
Al-Mu'azzam Turan-Shah Sunni Muslim
ʿUthmān I Sunni Muslim
Sunni Islam
Abdullah al-Janabi Sunni Muslim
Shia Islam
al-Qushayri Sunni Muslim
Ibadi Islam
Mawlawiyya Sufi order
Sahnun Sunni Muslim
Qadiriyya Sufi tradition Sufi order
Bektashi order Sufi order
Alevism
Badawiyya-Shadhiliyya Sufi order
Shadhili-Darqawi order Sufi order
Al-Suyuti Sunni Muslim
Darqawiyya Sufi order
al-Harith al-Muhasibi Sunni Muslim
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari Sunni Muslim
Junayd of Baghdad Sunni Muslim
‘Alawiyya
surface form: Alawiyya
Sufi order
Alawites Shia sect
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali Sunni Muslim
Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani Sunni Muslim
Ahmad Zarruq Sunni Muslim
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Sunni Muslim
Muhammad al-Bukhari Sunni Muslim
Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ashʿath al-Sijistani Sunni Muslim
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani Sunni Muslim
Dawud al-Zahiri Sunni Muslim
al‑Ghazali
surface form: Al-Ghazali
Sunni Muslim
Shadhiliyya Sufi order
Suhrawardiyya Sufi order
Mevleviyya Sufi order
Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri Sunni Muslim
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi
surface form: Usman dan Fodio
Sunni Muslim
Abdullahi dan Fodio Sunni Muslim
Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Sunni Muslim
Nur ad-Din Zangi Sunni Muslim
Al-Aziz Uthman Sunni Muslim
Ithna Ashariyya branch of Shia Islam
Musta'li Ismailis branch of Shia Islam
Yasawiyya Sufi tradition Sufi order
Yasawiyya order Sufi order
Tijaniyya Sufi order Sufi order
Chishti Order Sufi order
Muridiya Sufi order Sufi order
Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlawi Sunni Muslim
Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki Sunni Muslim
Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Sunni Muslim