Group
Kharijite Muslims
Kharijites (Arabic: literally "those who went out"; singular, Khārijī ) is a general term embracing various Muslims who, while initially supporting the authority of the final Rashidun Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, then later rejected his leadership.
They first emerge in the late seventh century, concentrated in today's southern Iraq, and are distinct from Sunni Muslims and Shiʿa Muslims.
With the passing of time the Kharijite groups fall greatly in their numbers and their beliefs do not continue to gain traction in future generations.From their essentially political position, the Kharijites develop extreme doctrines that further set them apart from both mainstream Sunni and Shiʿa Muslims.
The Kharijites are particularly noted for adopting a radical approach to Takfir, whereby they declare other Muslims to be unbelievers and therefore deem them worthy of death.
The Kharijites are also known historically as the Shurāh (not to be confused with shūrā), literally meaning "the buyers" and understood within the context of Islamic scripture and philosophy to mean "those who have traded the mortal life (al-Dunya) for the other life [with God] (al-Aakhirah)", which, unlike the term Kharijite, is one that many Kharijites use to describe themselves.The differences between the Sunni, Shiʿa, and the Kharijites are the following: Sunni Muslims accept Ali as the fourth rightly guided Caliph, and also accept the three Caliphs before him, who were elected by their community.
Shi'a Muslims believe that the imaamate (leadership) was the right of Ali, and the rule of the first three Rashidun caliphs (Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, Umar bin al-Khattab, and Uthman ibn Affan) was unlawful.
Kharijites insist that any Muslim can be a leader of the Muslim community and has the right to revolt against any ruler who deviates from their interpretation of Islam.One of the early Kharijite groups is the Harūriyya; it is notable for many reasons, among which was its ruling on the permissibility of women Imāms and that a Harūrī, Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam, was the assassin of Caliph Alī.
Member Cities
- Abusir Al-Qahirah Egypt Location
- Ahvaz Khuzestan Iran Location
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad Algeria Location
- Al-Hadithah Al-Anbar Iraq Location
- Al-Kufah An-Najaf Iraq Location
- Al-Mahdiyah Al-Mahdiyah Tunisia Location
- Aleppo > Halab Halab Syria Location
- Algiers > Alger Alger Algeria Location
- Amida > Diyarbakir Diyarbakir Turkey Location
- Archidona Andalucia Spain Location
- Aïn Fekan > Ifgan Mascara Algeria Location
- Baghai Khenchela Algeria Location
- Baghdad Baghdad Iraq Location
- Basra > Al-Basrah Al-Basrah Iraq Location
- Battle of the Zab Khorasan Iran Location
- Beja Beja Portugal Location
- Bejaïa (Bougie) Bèjaïa Algeria Location
- Béja Bajah Tunisia Location
- Cangas de Onís Asturias Spain Location
- Ceuta Spanish Morocco Spain Location
- Córdoba Andalucia Spain Location
- Damascus > Dimashq Dimashq Syria Location
- Emesa > Homs Hims Syria Location
- Fés Figuig Morocco Location
- Gabés Qabis Tunisia Location
- Gafsa Qafsah Tunisia Location
- Granada Andalucia Spain Location
- Harran > Carrhae Sanliurfa Turkey Location
- Herat Herat Afghanistan Location
- Iconium > Konya Konya Turkey Location
- Irbil Arbil Iraq Location
- Isfahan > Esfahan Esfahan Iran Location
- Jaén Andalucia Spain Location
- Kairouan > El Kairouan Al-Qayrawan Tunisia Location
- Karbala' Karbala' Iraq Location
- Kenitra Kenitra Morocco Location
- M'zab Valley (Oued Mzab) Ghardaïa Province Algeria Location
- Ma'an Ma`an Jordan Location
- Mahdia Al-Mahdiyah Tunisia Location
- Marrakech Marrakech Morocco Location
- Medina-Sidonia Andalucia Spain Location
- Medjana Bordj Bou Arrèridj Algeria Location
- Meknés Meknés Morocco Location
- Mequinenza Aragon Spain Location
- Merv > Mary Mary Turkmenistan Location
- Mosul > Al-Mawsil Ninawa Iraq Location
- Murcia Murcia Spain Location
- Málaga Andalucia Spain Location
- Nahavand Hamadan Iran Location
- Niebla Huelva Spain Location
- Palmyra > Tudmur Hims Syria Location
- Qasr Amra Al-Karak Jordan Location
- Qinnasrin Halab Syria Location
- Ra's al-'Ayn Al-Hasakah Syria Location
- Safi Safi Morocco Location
- Samarra' Salah ad Din Iraq Location
- Santiago de Compostela Galicia Spain Location
- Seville > Sevilla Andalucia Spain Location
- Sijilmasa Morocco Location
- Sijilmassa Er-Rachidia Morocco Location
- Sinjar > Singara Ninawa Iraq Location
- Sohar Al-Batinah Oman Location
- Sousse Susah Tunisia Location
- Susa Iran Location
- Tanger (Tangier) Tanger Morocco Location
- Thabitiyah Hims Syria Location
- Tiaret > Tahert Tiaret Algeria Location
- Tingis > Tangier > Tanger Tanger Morocco Location
- Tlemcen Tlemcen Algeria Location
- Toledo > Tolentum Castilla-La Mancha Spain Location
- Tripolis > Tarabulus Tarabulus Libya Location
- Tunis Tunis Tunisia Location
- Tèbessa Tèbessa Algeria Location
- Vescera > Biskra Biskra Algeria Location
- Wasit Wasit Iraq Location
- Xeres > Jerez de la Frontera Andalucia Spain Location