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Islam

Submission to the one God, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the Qur'an, ordered by the five pillars and interpreted through schools of law and theology.

Islam began with the Prophet Muhammad's preaching in Mecca and Medina and divided within a generation over the succession to his leadership. That first division, and the schools of law and theology that grew from it, structure the tradition to this day, and this tree models them as first-class entities rather than as notes under a single heading.

Major divisions

The divisions most visitors need first, in the order the tradition itself presents them.

Branch Sunni Islam The majority tradition of Islam, which holds that leadership after the Prophet passed by the community's choice and consensus, and orders its life by… From the Sunni-Shia Split, 632 and after · In dialogue Branch Shia Islam The tradition that holds leadership of the community belonged by designation to Ali and the Prophet's household, carried by the doctrine of the… From the Sunni-Shia Split, 632 and after · In dialogue Branch Ibadi Islam The tradition descended from the moderate wing of the first secession, which elects its imam on merit and survives today chiefly in Oman. From the Kharijite Secession, 657 · In dialogue

Branch

Branch Ahmadiyya The movement founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed to be the promised Mahdi and Messiah, a claim the wider Muslim world does not accept.

Divisions inside Islam

Islam across the site

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Sources

Primary

  • The Qur'an.

Secondary

  • Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Islam: Religion, History, and Civilization (2003).