Ibadi Islam
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The Ibadi movement or Ibadism is a branch of Islam. It has been called by some the third branch of Islam, along with Sunni Islam and Shia Islam. The followers of Ibadism are known as the Ibadis.
The Ibadi Mosque of Guellala in Jerba, Tunisia
The Ibadi Rustamid dynasty ruled the region occupied by modern-day Algeria for over a century.
Ibadi people living in the M'zab valley in Algeria
Taqiyya
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In Islam, Taqiyya is a precautionary dissimulation or denial of religious belief and practice. Generally, taqiyya is the action of committing a sinful act for a pious goal.
A 19th-century painting of a mass baptism of Moors in 1500. Muslim clerics permitted them to use taqiyya and become outwardly Christian, to save their lives.