JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sectarianism in Islam: The Umma Divided.

  • Published In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies, 2023, v. 86, n. 1. P. 183 1 of 3

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  • Authored By: Anchassi, Omar 3 of 3

Abstract

The discussion of Sunnism is somewhat unsatisfactory, an inadequacy that reflects the state of the field more than it does Gaiser's scholarship (which has mostly concerned the Khawarij and Iba iyya). I Irja i is something of an exception among the trends analysed by Gaiser, as it is a sectarian story that lacks a founding narrative (p. 135), and Murji i tendencies were largely adopted by emergent Sunnism. To hold that the intense contestation of Sunnism in later centuries undermines this thesis, as Gaiser presumably would, is an example of the continuum fallacy: i.e. insofar as Sunnism is contested, it does not exist. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Bulletin of the School of Oriental & African Studies. 2023/02, Vol. 86, Issue 1, p183
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Ethnic and Cultural Studies
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0041-977X
  • DOI:10.1017/S0041977X23000447
  • Accession Number:170063202
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