Kharijism

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Kharijism is an early, radical Islamic sect known for its strict doctrine that justified rebelling against and excommunicating Muslim leaders deemed unjust or sinful.

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Generate an image of Kharijism (Kharijism is an early, radical Islamic sect known for its strict doctrine that justified rebelling against and excommunicating Muslim leaders deemed unjust or sinful.)

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Kharijites 7
Kharijism canonical 5
Kharijite 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic sect ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
characterizedAs puritanical ⓘ
radical ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
condemnedPractice arbitration in place of divine judgment ⓘ
compromise with unjust rulers ⓘ
coreDoctrine any morally upright Muslim can be leader ⓘ
emphasis on absolute divine justice ⓘ
grave sinners are unbelievers ⓘ
leadership not restricted to Quraysh ⓘ
obligation to depose unjust rulers ⓘ
rejection of arbitration in political disputes ⓘ
strict literalist reading of Quran ⓘ
takfir of sinful Muslim leaders ⓘ
emergedInCentury 7th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
historicalPeriod Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
influenced Ibadi Islam ⓘ
influencedDebateOn Islamic political legitimacy ⓘ
concept of takfir in Islam ⓘ
languageOfScripture Arabic ⓘ
membershipBasis piety and righteousness ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Nahrawan ⓘ
notableEvent assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib by a Kharijite ⓘ
rebellion against Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
opposedLeader Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ
Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan ⓘ
linked to: Muawiya I
originatedDuringConflict Battle of Siffin ⓘ
originatedDuringEvent First Fitna ⓘ
regardedAsByShia heretical sect ⓘ
regardedAsBySunni heretical sect ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
scripture Quran ⓘ
separatedFrom Ali ibn Abi Talib’s camp ⓘ
splitFrom early Muslim community ⓘ
subgroup Azariqa ⓘ
Ibadiyya ⓘ
linked to: Ibadi Islam

Najdat ⓘ
Sufriyya ⓘ
usesSource Hadith ⓘ
viewOnArbitration arbitration between Ali and Muawiya was illegitimate ⓘ
viewOnCaliphate caliph can be deposed for sin ⓘ
caliphate based on piety not lineage ⓘ
viewOnCommunity true community consists only of the righteous ⓘ
viewOnJihad armed struggle against unjust rulers is legitimate ⓘ
viewOnSin major sin expels from Islam ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ibadi Islam → differsFrom → Kharijism ⓘ
Ibadi Islam → rejectsLabel → Kharijite ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Second Fitna → conflictBetween → Kharijites ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Third Fitna → hasMainParticipants → Kharijites ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Islamic civil wars → hasKeyParticipant → Kharijites ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Ibn Muljam → religiousAffiliation → Kharijite ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Ibn Muljam → ideology → Kharijism ⓘ
Ibn Muljam → participatedIn → Kharijite movement ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Ibn Muljam → associatedWith → Kharijite extremists ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Azariqa → religiousMovement → Kharijism ⓘ
Najdat → religiousMovement → Kharijism ⓘ
Sufriyya → religiousBranchOf → Kharijites ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Sufriyya → relatedMovement → Kharijism ⓘ
Battle of Nahrawan → combatant → Kharijites ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Battle of Nahrawan → opponentOf → Kharijites ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
يوم القيامة → يؤمن به → الخوارج ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Kharijite theology → associatedWith → Kharijites ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism
Kharijite theology → associatedWith → Khawarij ⓘ
linked to: Kharijism