Kharijism

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Islamic sect religious movement

Kharijism is an early, radical Islamic sect known for its strict doctrine that justified rebelling against and excommunicating Muslim leaders deemed unjust or sinful.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kharijites	2
Kharijite	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic sect ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
characterizedAs	puritanical ⓘ radical ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ
condemnedPractice	arbitration in place of divine judgment ⓘ compromise with unjust rulers ⓘ
coreDoctrine	any morally upright Muslim can be leader ⓘ emphasis on absolute divine justice ⓘ grave sinners are unbelievers ⓘ leadership not restricted to Quraysh ⓘ obligation to depose unjust rulers ⓘ rejection of arbitration in political disputes ⓘ strict literalist reading of Quran ⓘ takfir of sinful Muslim leaders ⓘ
emergedInCentury	7th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
influenced	Ibadi Islam ⓘ
influencedDebateOn	Islamic political legitimacy ⓘ concept of takfir in Islam ⓘ
languageOfScripture	Arabic ⓘ
membershipBasis	piety and righteousness ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Nahrawan ⓘ
notableEvent	assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib by a Kharijite ⓘ rebellion against Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
opposedLeader	Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Muawiya I ⓘ surface form: Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan
originatedDuringConflict	Battle of Siffin ⓘ
originatedDuringEvent	First Fitna ⓘ
regardedAsByShia	heretical sect ⓘ
regardedAsBySunni	heretical sect ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
scripture	Quran ⓘ
separatedFrom	Ali ibn Abi Talib’s camp ⓘ
splitFrom	early Muslim community ⓘ
subgroup	Azariqa ⓘ Ibadi Islam ⓘ surface form: Ibadiyya Najdat ⓘ Sufriyya ⓘ
usesSource	Hadith ⓘ
viewOnArbitration	arbitration between Ali and Muawiya was illegitimate ⓘ
viewOnCaliphate	caliph can be deposed for sin ⓘ caliphate based on piety not lineage ⓘ
viewOnCommunity	true community consists only of the righteous ⓘ
viewOnJihad	armed struggle against unjust rulers is legitimate ⓘ
viewOnSin	major sin expels from Islam ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Fitna → conflictBetween → Kharijism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kharijites

Ibadi Islam → differsFrom → Kharijism ⓘ

Third Fitna → hasMainParticipants → Kharijism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kharijites

Ibadi Islam → rejectsLabel → Kharijism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kharijite