Transcript 4 Sects And Trends In Islam

Sects and Trends in Islam
Muslims proudly point to the “Brotherhood
of Islam.”
They challenge Christians: “We are one, but
you Christians
are divided among so many churches and
denominations.”
Is Islam really one? Is there a danger of a
“pan-Islamic alliance”?
History shows a different picture. Muhammad
was aware of the danger of divisions:
“If the people of Isra‘il were fragmented into seventytwo sects my ummah will be fragmented into
seventy-three sects. All of them will be in hell fire
except one sect.” They (the companions) said: “Allah‘s
messenger, which is that?” Whereupon he said: “It is
the one to which I and my companions belong.”
(Hadith Al-Tirmizi, 171 )
Sects of Islam
Abu Bakr  Umar  Uthman  Ali became known as
“The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs“
14 years after Ali’s death main division in 685
Zaidis 713
Ismailis 765 >
Alawis 874 and Druzes 1021
Bahais 1856
Ahmadiyyahs 1888
Tabligh ~ 1930
Sunni
90%
Shia
10%
Schools of Law
Malik
> North-& West Africa
Abu Hanifa > Turkey, South Africa
Shafi‘i
> Indonesia,
East Africa
Hanbal
> Saudi Arabia
Movements in Islam
1. Sufi movements:
brotherhoods, singular saints
2. Dawah, revivalist movements
(Tabligh)
3. Folk Islam
Influences on Muslims
Trends in Islam
• Ideological trend
• Revivalist trend
• Radical terrorist trend
• Mystical trend
• Missionary trend
• Progressive, liberal trend
• Arabization trend