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Kharijites

The Kharijites (Arabic: الخوارج, romanized: al-Khawārij, singular Arabic: خارجي, romanized: khārijī) were an Islamic sect which emerged during the First Fitna (656–661). The first Kharijites were supporters of Ali who rebelled against his acceptance of arbitration talks to settle the conflict with his challenger, Mu'awiya, at the Battle of Siffin in 657.…

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related to Under Mu'awiya · 72
Kharijites → Abihi, Absi, Abu Bilal, Abu Bilal Mirdas, Afterward, Ahwaz, Ali, Although, As, Ashja'i, August, Azdi, Banu Murra, Basra, Basran, Behrasir, Between, Eluding Ma'qil's, Fars, Farwa
related to Moderate Kharijites and their fragmentation · 52
Kharijites → Abd, Abd Allah, Abi Karima, Abu Bilal Mirdas, Abu Ubayda, Abu Ubayda Muslim, According, After, After Ibn Ibad's, All, Almost, Arabia, As, Asfar, Azariqa, Dahhak, Following, Hajjaj, Ibad, Ibadi
related to Tribal affiliations · 43
Kharijites → Among, Arab, Arab Mudar, Arabs, As, Azariqa, Azd, Bakr, Berber, Blankinship, Few, Hanifa, Ibadiyya, Islam, Jaziran Kharijites, Khalid Yahya Blankinship, Kharijism, Kharijite, Kinda, Most Kharijite
related to Second Fitna · 38
Kharijites → Abu Talut Salim, After, After Yazid's, Ahwaz, Amir, Arabia, Awwam, Azraq, Azraq's, Basra, Basrans, Both, Hanafi, Hejaz, Hejazi, Ibn, Ibn Ziyad, In, Ma'mar, Matar
related to Emergence during the First Fitna · 36
Kharijites → A'isha, Abi Sufyan, Afterward, Ali, Ali's, Although, An, Awwam, Battle, Book, Camel, First Fitna, God, He, Islam, July, Later, Medina, Mu'awiya, Muhammad's
related to Modern times · 31
Kharijites → Ali, Although, Arab, Ash'ath, At, Azariqa, However, Ibadi, Ibadis, In, Islam, Islamic State, Islamist, Islamists, It, Kharijite, Kufan, Modern Ibadi, Muhakkima, Muslim
related to Opposition under Uthman · 29
Kharijites → Although, Among, Arabia, Assassination, By, Egypt, Egyptians, Encouraged, Fustat, Haruriyya, His, Iraq, Iraqi, Islamic, June, Kharijite, Kufa, Medina, Medinese, Muslim
related to Governance · 28
Kharijites → Abu Bakr, Ali, Almost, An, Azariqa, God, If, In, Kharijite, Many Kharijite, Mu'awiya, Muhammad, Muslim, Muslims, Najdat, Najdat's, Patricia Crone, Qur'an, Qurayshite, Shi'a
related to Historical analysis · 27
Kharijites → According, Ali, Basra, Basrans, Bedouin, Bedouin Arabs, Brünnow, Brünnow's, But, By, Earth, God, God's, He, Hence, In Wellhausen's, Islam, Islamic, Julius Wellhausen, Kharijite
related to Other doctrines · 26
Kharijites → Arabia, Azariqa, Bayhasiyya, God's, However, Ibadiyya, Intermarriage, Islam, It, Kharijite, Kharijite Muslims, Medina, Muhammad's Hijra, Muslim, Najdat, Of, Sufriyya, The Azariqa, The Ibadiyya, The Islamicist Montgomery Watt

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kharijite ibn ali azariqa muslims sources muslim umayyad ibadi kufa najdat ibadiyya arbitration groups mu'awiya later abu view first early

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Mu'awiya had to be foughtinstance ofand that rebels0.80text
overcome according to Qur'anic injunctionsinstance ofand that rebels0.80text
increased taxationinstance ofin many cases it had variety of causes0.80text
state control of resourcesinstance ofin many cases it had variety of causes0.80text
and discrimination against the mawaliinstance ofin many cases it had variety of causes0.80text
the Islamic Stateinstance ofmany Muslim theologians and clerics have compared the beliefs and actions of modern Islamist extremists0.80text
al-Qaedainstance ofmany Muslim theologians and clerics have compared the beliefs and actions of modern Islamist extremists0.80text
the Muslim Brotherhoodinstance ofmany Muslim theologians and clerics have compared the beliefs and actions of modern Islamist extremists0.80text
and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan to those of the Kharijitesinstance ofmany Muslim theologians and clerics have compared the beliefs and actions of modern Islamist extremists0.80text
labeling them as modern or neo-Kharijitesinstance ofmany Muslim theologians and clerics have compared the beliefs and actions of modern Islamist extremists0.80text
Kharijitesrelated to Beliefs and practicesThe Kharijites0.60section
Kharijitesrelated to Beliefs and practicesDifferent0.60section

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