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Islamic schools and branches have different understandings of Islam. There are many different sects or denominations, schools of Islamic jurisprudence, and schools of Islamic theology, or ʿaqīdah (creed).
This article summarizes the different Islamic Schools And Branches. The best known split, into Sunni Islam, Shia Islam, and Kharijites, was mainly political at first but eventually acquired theological and jurisprudential dimensions.
Schools of Islamic theology are various Islamic schools and branches in different schools of thought regarding creed. The main schools of Islamic theology include the extant Mu'tazili , Ash'ari , Maturidi , and Athari schools; the extinct ones include the Qadari , Jahmi , Murji' , and Batini schools.
Islamic schools and branches have different understandings of Islam. There are many different sects or denominations, schools of Islamic jurisprudence, and schools of Islamic theology, or ʿaqīdah (creed).
Wikisource has the text of a 1905 New International Encyclopedia article about Islamic schools and branches.
Branch Of The Religion Of Islam. There are a number of different branches and schools of jurisprudence in Islam. The best known of these – Sunni Islam, Shi’a Islam, and Kharijites – split into what was mainly political at first, but eventually acquired theological and jurisprudential dimensions.
Shia Islam has several branches, the largest of which is the Twelvers, followed by Zaidis and Ismailis.