Kharijites
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The Kharijites were an Islamic sect which emerged during the First Fitna. The first Kharijites were supporters of Ali who rebelled against his acceptance of arbitration talks to settle the conflict wi
Persian miniature, likely depicting Ali at the Battle of Siffin, created in Safavid Iran, dated 1516
The Battle of Nahrawan; an Ottoman miniature painting from 16th/17th century
A 1909 photograph of the Nahrawan Canal
Arab-Sasanian dirham of the Azariqa leader Qatari ibn al-Fuja'a, struck circa 694–695, with the Kharijite slogan la hukma illa li-llah on the obverse margin
Ibadism
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Ibadism is a distinct school of Islam and is commonly regarded as the third Islamic branch, alongside Sunni Islam and Shia Islam. Its roots go back to the Kharijite secession from Ali, the prophet Muh
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…continued into the Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258), the most militant Kharijite groups were gradually eliminated. They were replaced by the non-activist Ibadiyya, who survive to this day in Oman and some parts of North Africa. They, however, deny any links with the Kharijites of the Second Muslim Civil War and…
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman, is widely regarded as the most important monument associated with the Ibadi tradition.
Ibadi people living in the M'zab valley in Algeria, in 1970