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EA:  ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL_FAMILY

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 524

Concept definition: The designation of a <NON_EMPTY_SET> of closely related Islamic religious denominations, often ones which were at one time part of a single movement but are now separate religious denominations; Islamic denominational family.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [WCE]
Supplemental references:  

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
AHMADIYA Messianic movement derived from Shia Islam, following 1889 founder Ghulam Ahmad; Ahmadiya. 1 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
ALAWITE Followers of Alawiya, a sect of Shia Islam in Latakia province Syria, Lebanon, and Celicia, Turkey; Alawite. 2 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
BADAWIYA A major order of Sufi Islam in Egypt; Badawiya. 3 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
HANAFITE Followers of Hanafiya, the most liberal of the four schools of Sunni Islamic law, and by far the most widespread; Hanafite. 4 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
HANBALITE Followers of Hanabila, the most rigid of the four schools of Sunni Islamic law; Hanbalite. This sect of Islam is located mainly in Central Arabia. 5 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
ISMAILI Followers of Ishaliya, the second largest sect of Shia Islam; Ismaili. This sect of Islam is also known as the Seveners. 6 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
ITHNA_ASHARI Followers of Ithna-Ashariya, the largest sect of Shia Islam; Ashari, Ithna-Ashari. This sect of Islam is also known as the Ashari or the Twelvers. 7 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
MADARIYA A major order of Sufi Islam in Northern India and Nepal; Madariya. 8 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
MALAKITE Followers of Malikiya, one of the four schools of Sunni Islamic law; Malakite. 9 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
NATION_OF_ISLAM Followers of Elijah Mohammed; Nation of Islam. This sect of Islam, which is also known as the Black Muslims, is found in the West. 10 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
QADIRIYA The oldest order of Sufi Islam, widespread in over 50 countries from Senegal to Malaysia; Qadiriya. 11 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
SHAFFITE Followers of Shafiiya, one of the four schools of Sunni Islamic law; Shaffite. 12 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
SHIA Shia. 13 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
SUFI Members of one of approximately 70 orders of Sunni Islam believing in mysticism and asceticism; Sufi. 14 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
SUNNI Sunni. 15 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
WAHABI Wahabi. 16 IR [WCE]  
STD
2005/06/07
ISLAMIC_DENOMINATIONAL-
_FAMILY
ZAYDI A sect of Islam in Yemen that constitutes of one of the four major sects of Shia Islam; Zaydi. This sect of Islam is also known as the Fivers. 17 IR [WCE]  

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