Quranism
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Quranism is an Islamic reform movement whose followers accept the Quran as the sole authoritative source of religious guidance, rejecting the binding religious authority of hadith literature.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Islam (heterodox interpretation) | 1 |
| Quran-only Islam | 1 |
| Quranism canonical | 1 |
| Quranists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5673270 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quranism Context triple: [Islam in Egypt, hasMinorityBranch, Quranism]
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A.
Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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B.
Islamism
Islamism is a political and ideological movement that seeks to organize society and government according to Islamic principles and law.
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C.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, characterized by its emphasis on the Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad and recognition of the first four caliphs as his rightful successors.
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D.
Wahhabism
Wahhabism is a conservative, puritanical Islamic reform movement originating in 18th-century Arabia that advocates a strict, literalist interpretation of Sunni Islam and has deeply shaped the religious foundations of modern Saudi Arabia.
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E.
Deobandi Sunni Islam
Deobandi Sunni Islam is a conservative revivalist movement within Sunni Islam originating in South Asia, emphasizing strict adherence to Hanafi jurisprudence, traditional Islamic scholarship, and personal piety.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quranism Target entity description: Quranism is an Islamic reform movement whose followers accept the Quran as the sole authoritative source of religious guidance, rejecting the binding religious authority of hadith literature.
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A.
Islam
Islam is a major monotheistic Abrahamic religion centered on the belief in one God (Allah) and the prophethood of Muhammad, whose teachings are recorded in the Quran.
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B.
Islamism
Islamism is a political and ideological movement that seeks to organize society and government according to Islamic principles and law.
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C.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, characterized by its emphasis on the Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad and recognition of the first four caliphs as his rightful successors.
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D.
Wahhabism
Wahhabism is a conservative, puritanical Islamic reform movement originating in 18th-century Arabia that advocates a strict, literalist interpretation of Sunni Islam and has deeply shaped the religious foundations of modern Saudi Arabia.
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E.
Deobandi Sunni Islam
Deobandi Sunni Islam is a conservative revivalist movement within Sunni Islam originating in South Asia, emphasizing strict adherence to Hanafi jurisprudence, traditional Islamic scholarship, and personal piety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic reform movement
ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Quran-centric theology
ⓘ
Quran-only Islam ⓘ
linked to:
Quranism
Quranist Islam ⓘ |
| coreText | Quran ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
many Shia scholars
ⓘ
many Sunni scholars ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
allegedly deviating from classical Sunni and Shia orthodoxy
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allegedly undermining hadith-based jurisprudence ⓘ |
| defendedAs |
a reformist response to perceived hadith misuse
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a return to the original message of the Quran ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
direct engagement with the Quran
ⓘ
individual interpretation of the Quran ⓘ scripturalism ⓘ |
| hasFollowersCalled |
Quranists
ⓘ
linked to:
Quranism
Quranites ⓘ Quraniyoon ⓘ |
| hasNotableCentersOfActivity |
Middle East
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South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Western diaspora communities ⓘ |
| historicalRoots | minority currents in Islamic history that prioritized the Quran over hadith ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryText | Classical Arabic ⓘ |
| modernDevelopment | gained clearer identity in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| positionOnCreed | bases creed primarily on explicit Quranic statements ⓘ |
| positionOnPropheticAuthority | accepts Muhammad as prophet but limits religious authority to the Quran he delivered ⓘ |
| positionOnRitualPractice | seeks to derive rituals such as prayer and fasting from the Quran ⓘ |
| positionOnSecondarySources | treats tafsir, fiqh, and hadith as fallible human efforts ⓘ |
| positionOnSunnah | may accept a general concept of prophetic example only when supported by the Quran ⓘ |
| positionOnTradition | critical of post-Quranic religious accretions ⓘ |
| recognizesAsSoleAuthoritativeSourceOfReligiousGuidance | Quran ⓘ |
| rejectsBindingReligiousAuthorityOf |
Sunnah as codified in hadith collections
ⓘ
hadith literature ⓘ |
| relatedDebate |
authority of hadith in Islamic law
ⓘ
scope of prophetic Sunnah ⓘ sources of Islamic jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) ⓘ |
| relatedMovement |
Islamic modernism
ⓘ
Islamic reformism ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic modernism
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| selfDescriptionByAdherents |
Quran-based Islam
ⓘ
pure monotheism based on the Quran alone ⓘ |
| usesMethod | direct reading of the Quran in translation for non-Arabic speakers ⓘ |
| viewOnHadith |
may accept some hadith historically or contextually but not as binding sources of law
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rejects hadith as necessary for understanding core beliefs and basic practices ⓘ |
| viewOnIjtihad | encourages renewed ijtihad based on the Quran ⓘ |
| viewOnSchoolsOfLaw | does not consider classical madhhabs binding ⓘ |
| viewOnSharia | derives law primarily or exclusively from the Quran ⓘ |
| viewOnShiaHadithCollections | does not accept Shia canonical hadith collections as doctrinally binding ⓘ |
| viewOnSunniHadithCollections | does not accept Sunni canonical hadith collections as doctrinally binding ⓘ |
| viewOnTaqlid | generally discourages blind following of scholars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Quranism Description of subject: Quranism is an Islamic reform movement whose followers accept the Quran as the sole authoritative source of religious guidance, rejecting the binding religious authority of hadith literature.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Quranism
linked to: Quranism
linked to: Quranism