# Ibadi Islam and Sunni 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) ### Sunni Islam Sunni Islam is the tradition of roughly nine in ten of the world's Muslims. It carries no single head and no central magisterium; its unity stands in the shared scripture, the Prophet's example, the four schools of law, and the theological schools that defended them. - [Sunni Islam](/tree/sunni-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) ### Sunni Islam Sunni Islam counts roughly 1.6 billion adherents, about 87 to 90 percent of all Muslims, and is the majority form of Islam in most Muslim-majority countries, from Indonesia and South Asia to North Africa and Turkey. - [Sunni Islam](/tree/sunni-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) ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ## 10. Community and governance ### Ibadi Islam - [Ibadi Islam](/church/ibadi-islam) ### Sunni Islam - [Sunni Islam](/church/sunni-islam) ## 11. Art and material culture ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Coverage record created at intake; content not yet documented. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni Islam - [Ash'ari Theology](/tree/ashari) - [Hanafi School](/tree/hanafi) - [Hanbali School](/tree/hanbali) - [Maliki School](/tree/maliki) - [Shafi'i School](/tree/shafii) - [Sufism](/tree/sufi-orders) - [Maturidi Theology](/tree/maturidi) - [Mu'tazila Theology](/tree/mutazila) ## 14. Contributions ### Ibadi Islam Coverage: not documented. Evaluative coverage is scheduled; this slot populates through sourced, reviewed records. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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) ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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. ### Sunni 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) ### Sunni Islam - [Sunni Islam](/tree/sunni-islam) ## Sources - Ibadi Islam: The Musnad of al-Rabi ibn Habib. - Ibadi Islam: Valerie J. Hoffman, The Essentials of Ibadi Islam (2012). - Sunni Islam: The Qur'an; the Hadith collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim. - Sunni Islam: Jonathan A. C. Brown, Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (2018).