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Islam [a] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of the Muhammad. [9] Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number approximately 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians.
In Islam, Taqiyya (Arabic: تقیة, romanized: taqiyyah, lit. 'prudence') [1] [2] is a dissimulation and secrecy of religious belief and practice. [1] [3] [4] [5]Generally, taqiyya is regarded as the action of maintaining secrecy or mystifying one's beliefs.
Aqidah is an Islamic term meaning "creed", doctrine, or article of faith. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] There have existed many schools of Islamic theology, not all of which survive to the present day.
ʿAqīdah is an Islamic term meaning "creed" or "belief". [5] Any religious belief system, or creed, can be considered an example of ʿaqīdah. This term has taken a significant technical usage in Muslim history and theology, denoting those matters over which Muslims hold conviction. The term is usually translated as "theology".
Ijma is an Islamic legal doctrine that refers to the consensus of the Muslim community on religious matters.
Islamic doctrine of enjoining right. There exists in Islam the (obligatory) principle of encouraging other people to do the right thing. ʾAnfāl (أنفال) Spoils of war. (See Sūrat al-ʾAnfāl (8:1)) (الأنفال) [4] ʾAnṣār (أنصار) "Helpers." The Muslim converts at Medina who helped the Muslims from Mecca after the Hijrah.
These re-invigorated doctrines would shape the Salafi Jihadist theology from the 1970s, represented by organisations like Al-Qaeda, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, etc. The Islamic State regards itself as the true successor of these theological doctrines and accuses Al-Qaeda leadership under Zawahiri of being deviated. Unlike Al-Qaeda, IS was also able ...
This expression is the base of the classical Islamic institution of ḥisba, the individual or collective duty (depending on the Islamic school of law) to intervene and enforce Islamic law. It forms a central part of the Islamic doctrine for Muslims. The injunctions also constitute two of the ten Ancillaries of the Faith of Twelver Shi'ism.