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History of Ibadi Societies

October 3, 2018 No Comments

The Ibadiyya is one of the main branches of Islam. The main difference between the Ibadis and the rest of the Muslim community is primarily rooted in political theory. The Ibadis are relatively few in number in comparison to the Sunnis and the Shi’is, and for many centuries they have lived largely in isolated areas, principally Oman and Zanzibar, Tripolitania in Libya, the island of Jerba in Tunisia, and the Mzab area of Algeria. However, since the accession of Qaboos Ibn Said to the sultanate of Oman in 1970, there has been a sustained program for the publication of major

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An Overview Of Ibadi Tafseer

April 1, 2016 No Comments

An Overview of Ibadhis Tafsir Essay submitted for the M.St. in Oriental Studies, June 2000 By Kahlan Al-Kharusi … during the last few years, research workers have made some progress in investigating and representing some of the Ibadhis works in tafsir, but because of the constant tendency to treat the Ibadhiya simply as a facet of Khariji thought, the Ibadhis role has not been considered in a proper manner or even been looked at with reasoned thought…   Introduction      Our knowledge about the Ibadhis[1]contribution to the field of tafsir is seriously defective. It is true to a considerable extent that there are objective reasons for this dereliction, as

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The Articulation Of Ibadhi Identity In Modern Oman And Zanzibar

March 30, 2016 No Comments

With some justification, Ibadhi Muslims complain that although they read the literature of all the sects, non- Ibadhis hardly ever look at Ibadhi literature. Descriptions of Ibadhism in the works of medieval Sunni scholars like Ibn hazm are full of inaccuracies, and modern scholarship on Ibađism has been scant, and has tended to focus on its political dimensions. With the exception of Cuperly, Western scholars have paid relatively little attention to Ibadhi theological perspectives, although Ibadhis have written a great deal on this subject. Sunni and Shi‘i Muslims may have long ago dismissed the old controversies about God’s essence and

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History of Ibadi Societies

The Ibadiyya is one of the main branches of Islam. The main difference between the Ibadis and the rest of the Muslim community is primarily rooted in political theory. The Ibadis are relatively few in number in comparison to the Sunnis and the Shi’is, and for many centuries they have lived largely in isolated areas, principally Oman and Zanzibar, Tripolitania in Libya, the island of Jerba in Tunisia, and the Mzab area of Algeria. However, since the accession of Qaboos Ibn Said to the sultanate of Oman in 1970, there has been a sustained program for the publication of major

Read More »

An Overview Of Ibadi Tafseer

An Overview of Ibadhis Tafsir Essay submitted for the M.St. in Oriental Studies, June 2000 By Kahlan Al-Kharusi … during the last few years, research workers have made some progress in investigating and representing some of the Ibadhis works in tafsir, but because of the constant tendency to treat the Ibadhiya simply as a facet of Khariji thought, the Ibadhis role has not been considered in a proper manner or even been looked at with reasoned thought…   Introduction      Our knowledge about the Ibadhis[1]contribution to the field of tafsir is seriously defective. It is true to a considerable extent that there are objective reasons for this dereliction, as

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The Articulation Of Ibadhi Identity In Modern Oman And Zanzibar

With some justification, Ibadhi Muslims complain that although they read the literature of all the sects, non- Ibadhis hardly ever look at Ibadhi literature. Descriptions of Ibadhism in the works of medieval Sunni scholars like Ibn hazm are full of inaccuracies, and modern scholarship on Ibađism has been scant, and has tended to focus on its political dimensions. With the exception of Cuperly, Western scholars have paid relatively little attention to Ibadhi theological perspectives, although Ibadhis have written a great deal on this subject. Sunni and Shi‘i Muslims may have long ago dismissed the old controversies about God’s essence and

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