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Zahirism

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zahiritenoun(Islam) A Muslim proponent of Zahirism.
zahirnoun(Islam) The external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an
zahiristnoun(Islam) Zahiri
qur'anismnounAlternative spelling of Quranism. [A denomination in Islam that generally rejects the authoritative role of hadiths, and considers the Qur'an to be the only dependable religious text.]
zahirinounA Muslim who adheres to this madhab
thahirinounAlternative spelling of Zahiri. [A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths]
islamic fundamentalismnounA revolutionary movement towards Islamism, with literal and traditional interpretations of their sacred texts. It is often used to describe Muslim groups that advocate the replacement of secular state laws with Islamic law, or Shari'a.
quranismnounA denomination in Islam that generally rejects the authoritative role of hadiths, and considers the Qur'an to be the only dependable religious text.
wahabismnounAlternative form of Wahhabism. [(Islam) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.]
quranitenounAn adherent of the Ahle Quran branch of Islam.
wahabiismnounAlternative form of Wahhabism. [(Islam) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.]
shaykhismnoun(Islam) A Shi'a Islamic school founded by Shaykh Ahmad in early 19th-century Qajar Iran, diverging from the Usuli school in its interpretation of key ideas such as the nature of the end times and the day of resurrection, the source of jurisprudential authority, and the proper hermeneutic to be employed in interpreting prophecy through the mystical writings of the Twelver Imams.
quranistnounAn adherent of the Ahle Quran branch of Islam.
dhahirinounAlternative spelling of Zahiri. [A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths]
salafi jihadismnoun(Islam) An Islamist ideology calling for a struggle to reclaim what adherents see as the pure, true form of Sunni Islam as exemplified by the first three generations of Muslims.
islamismnounA popular reform movement advocating the reordering of government and society in accordance with laws prescribed by Islam.
wahhabismnoun(Islam) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
malikismnoun(Islam) A Sunnite school of thought, founded by Malik ibn Anas, that privileges the practices of Medinan scholars.
koranismnounAlternative spelling of Quranism. [A denomination in Islam that generally rejects the authoritative role of hadiths, and considers the Qur'an to be the only dependable religious text.]
shiismnounAlternative form of Shi'ism. [Shi'a Islam]

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