The two major Muslim groups of Islam?

Answer 1

Sunni and Shiite are the main sects. However, there are many other minor sects such as Quaniyoon, Ibadi, Ahmadiyya etc.

Sufis are a group of Sunni Muslims who live a very unique and mystical lifestyle.

Answer 2

Answer

They are two main groups or schools rather than denominations. The two schools are Shiites and Sunnis.

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Additional Information:

There are three main sects within Islam: Ahl Sunna (commonly called Sunni), Shi'a (commonly called Shiite) and Ibadi. The main distinction between them is who has the right to power over the community. However, as simple as that may seem at first blush, it lead to numerous smaller but significant differences.

Sunni Islam is the dominant sect of Islam worldwide and established the Rule of Intikhabat and Ashura (Elections) for Mohammed's successors. Sunni Islam has many different forms. The most common movement of Islam is Hanafi, which is dominant in South Asia, the Levant, north Mesopotamia, Turkey, and southeast Europe. Sunni also has a mystical movement called Sufism of which many submovements exist like the Turkish Dervishes. In recent times, Saudi Arabia has stimulated a submovement within the Hanbali movement called Wahhabism which is a fundamentalist strain of Islam.

Shiite Islam is the dominant sect of Islam in Iran and the surrounding area. It was originally the political faction supporting Ali as Mohammed's successor instead of the elections. This has led to the ascription of martyrdom to Ali's sons: Hassan and Hussein who wished to promulgate a Caliphate from what the Shiites see as the rightful line. The most prominent movement in Shiite Islam is the Ja'afari Movement. Shiite submovements have historically been quite varied leading to groups as different as the Ismailis and the Alawites, both groups existing outside of the majority Shiite area today. Former Shiite submovements have now exited the religion of Islam such as the Druze and the Baha'i. Shiite movements are unique in that the process of Ijtihad (Open Religious Jurisprudence) continues solely in Shiite Islam.

Ibadi Islam is the dominant sect of Islam in Oman. It is an offshoot of the third party in the Islamic Civil War (Fitna al-Kubra), the Kharijites (the other two parties were the Sunnis and the Shiites). Ibadi Islam is so small that it has no internal movements. Ibadi holds to a moderated version of the Kharijite purification requirements by limiting contact with unbelievers and increasing contact with proper believers. They also hold with the tradition Kharijite view of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, namely that Abu Bakr and Omar were proper rulers, Othman was not and Ali lost favor when he agreed to the Arbitration with Mu'awiya.

In addition to the three main sects of Islam, there are also minor sects like the Ahmadiyya which are considered blasphemous (takfir) by the remaining Muslim sects. Ahmadiyya was founded by a prophet (Mirza Ghulam) and, according to most Muslims, this violates the Islamic concept that Mohammed was the capstone of the Prophets: the last and final prophet. The difference between Ahmadiyya versus Baha'i and Druze is that the Ahmadiyya still see themselves as Muslims whereas Druze and Baha'i do not.

Answer 3

Right from Hazrat Adam (AS) to The last holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (May peace and blessings of Allah Karim be upon him, Islam has only one type. The basic beliefs being:

1. Belief in ONE and ONLY Almighty God (Called Allah in Arabic)

2. Belief in the Angels

3. Belief in the Prophets

4. Belief in all holy Books

5. Belief in the Day of Judgement

There are, however, many sects in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

So, there may be many sects among the Muslims but the basic beliefs are the same in all sects.

Answer 4

there are no different denominations in Islam. However, if the question is asking about main two Islam schools or groups, then the answer is: Sunnis and Shiites.

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Answer 5

Islam only has one true religion, the other one is like group of people who think that quran is bring by ali not muhamed ... but both of them have the same holy book quran.

Answer 6

The main two branches or schools or groups are Sunnis and Shiites. Refer to question below for more information.

Answer 7

The two main creeds in the Islamic religion are :

1. Sunnah which represents the majority ( about 85% of all Muslims worldwide according to statics of 2009 )

2. Shea'a.

Answer 8

sunni as majority and shia as minority counted as two groups of islamic religion.

Answer 9

sunni and shiite