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الإباضية al-ʾIbāḍiyya | |
Type | School of Islam |
Classification | Kharijism |
Theology | Monotheism |
Language | Classical Arabic |
Territory | Majority reside in: Oman Minority reside in: Algeria (Mzab) Libya (Nafusa) Tunisia (Djerba) Tanzania (Zanzibar) |
Founder | Abdallah ibn Ibad |
Origin | c. 692 AD Basra |
Members | c. 2.72 million[1] – 7 million[2] |
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The Ibadi movement (Arabic: الإباضية, romanized: al-ʾIbāḍiyya, Arabic pronunciation: [alʔibaːˈdˤijja]) is a Muslim denomination concentrated in Oman, established after historically breaking off from the Kharijites.[3] The followers of the Ibadi sect 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] although contemporary Ibadis strongly object to being classified as Kharijites.[7] Ibadis are smaller than the two largest Muslim denominations, Sunnis who account for 90 percent of the world Muslim, and the Shiites.[8]
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]
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.