# Ibadi Islam and Shia Islam: a Diptych comparison Schema version 1.0. The Diptych displays; it does not score, rank, or adjudicate. ## 1. In its own words ### Ibadi Islam Ibadi Islam descends from the Kharijite secession of the first Islamic century, moderated early into a tradition of elected imams, congregational discipline, and quiet endurance. It is neither Sunni nor Shia, and it survives as the majority tradition of Oman with communities in North and East Africa. - [Ibadi Islam](/tree/ibadi-islam) ### Shia Islam Shia Islam began as the party of Ali and became a family of traditions ordered by the Imamate: the line of divinely guided Imams through whom the Prophet's authority continued. Its Twelver, Ismaili, and Zaidi branches divided over the succession within that line. - [Shia Islam](/tree/shia-islam) ## 2. Scale and spread ### Ibadi Islam Ibadi Islam counts a few million adherents. Oman is its demographic and scholarly center, where Ibadis form a large share of the population, with older communities in Algeria's M'zab valley, Libya's Nafusa mountains, Tunisia's Djerba, and Zanzibar. - [Ibadi Islam](/tree/ibadi-islam) ### Shia Islam Shia Islam counts roughly 150 to 200 million adherents, about ten to thirteen percent of all Muslims. Shia form majorities in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, and Azerbaijan, with large communities in Lebanon, Yemen, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. - [Shia Islam](/tree/shia-islam) ## 3. Historical timeline ### Ibadi Islam - [The muslim timeline](/history/islam) - [Birth of Muhammad](/history/events/birth-of-muhammad) - [First revelation](/history/events/first-revelation) - [Hijra to Medina](/history/events/hijra-to-medina) - [Battle of Badr](/history/events/battle-of-badr) - [Conquest of Mecca](/history/events/conquest-of-mecca) - [Death of Muhammad](/history/events/death-of-muhammad) ### Shia Islam - [The muslim timeline](/history/islam) - [Birth of Muhammad](/history/events/birth-of-muhammad) - [First revelation](/history/events/first-revelation) - [Hijra to Medina](/history/events/hijra-to-medina) - [Battle of Badr](/history/events/battle-of-badr) - [Conquest of Mecca](/history/events/conquest-of-mecca) - [Death of Muhammad](/history/events/death-of-muhammad) ## 4. Sources of authority ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 5. Ultimate reality ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 6. The human person ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 7. Problem and solution ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 8. Ethics and hard cases ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 9. Practice and devotion ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 10. Community and governance ### Ibadi Islam - [Ibadi Islam](/church/ibadi-islam) ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 11. Art and material culture ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 12. Science and technology posture ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 13. Internal diversity ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Shia Islam - [Sufism](/tree/sufi-orders) - [Twelver Shia Islam](/tree/twelver-shia-islam) - [Ismaili Shia Islam](/tree/ismaili-shia-islam) - [Zaidi Shia Islam](/tree/zaidi-shia-islam) ## 14. Contributions ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ## 15. Internal critique ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ## 16. External critique and reply ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ## 17. Contested history ### Ibadi Islam - [Kharijite Secession](/tree/schisms/kharijite-secession) ### Shia Islam - [Sunni-Shia Split](/tree/schisms/sunni-shia-split) ## 18. What each says about the other ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. This slot renders only when both directions stand populated and reviewed. ### Shia Islam Coverage: not documented. This slot renders only when both directions stand populated and reviewed. ## 19. What this comparison cannot settle ### Ibadi Islam This comparison sets two self-descriptions side by side; it does not decide between them. A tradition is a living range of positions, and each panel renders the range this site has documented, which is not the whole of the tradition. Where a cell is marked not yet documented, the gap belongs to this site's documentation, not to the tradition. Questions of truth between the panels turn on premises the reader brings: what counts as evidence, what authority is recognized, and what a human life is for. The instrument does not score, rank, or adjudicate. ### Shia Islam This comparison sets two self-descriptions side by side; it does not decide between them. A tradition is a living range of positions, and each panel renders the range this site has documented, which is not the whole of the tradition. Where a cell is marked not yet documented, the gap belongs to this site's documentation, not to the tradition. Questions of truth between the panels turn on premises the reader brings: what counts as evidence, what authority is recognized, and what a human life is for. The instrument does not score, rank, or adjudicate. ## 20. Sources ### Ibadi Islam - [Ibadi Islam](/tree/ibadi-islam) ### Shia Islam - [Shia Islam](/tree/shia-islam) ## Sources - Ibadi Islam: The Musnad of al-Rabi ibn Habib. - Ibadi Islam: Valerie J. Hoffman, The Essentials of Ibadi Islam (2012). - Shia Islam: The Nahj al-Balagha, attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib. - Shia Islam: S. H. M. Jafri, The Origins and Early Development of Shia Islam (1979).