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THE DIVERSITY OF ISLAM<br />

(1.6 Billion People 2010)<br />

16<br />

Major Ideological Divisions within Islam<br />

<strong>Islamic</strong> Fundamentalism (3%)<br />

Traditional Islam (96%)<br />

Sunni Shi’i<br />

Ibadi<br />

(0.5% of 96%)<br />

Shi’i<br />

(9.5% of 96%)<br />

Sunni<br />

(90% of 96%)<br />

1. Revolutionary Shi’ism<br />

1. Muslim Brotherhood<br />

2. Wahabism/Salafism<br />

1. Branches<br />

Twelvers (8% of 96%)<br />

Usuli (99% of 8%)<br />

Akhbari (1% of 8%)<br />

Isma’ilis (Seveners) ( > 0.5% of 96%)<br />

Zaidis (Fivers) ( > 1% of 96%)<br />

1. Doctrine<br />

Ash’ari and Maturidi Schools<br />

Mu’tazili School (now defunct)<br />

<strong>Islamic</strong> Modernism (1%)<br />

2. Mystic Brotherhoods<br />

Irfan<br />

1. Schoold of Law<br />

Hanafi (45% of 96%)<br />

Maliki (28% of 96%)<br />

Shafi’i (15% of 96%)<br />

Hanbali (2% of 96%)<br />

2. Mystic Brotherhoods<br />

Qadiriyya<br />

Naqshabandiyya<br />

Tijaniyyah<br />

Shadiliyyah<br />

Rifa’iyyah<br />

Subrawardiyyah<br />

Kubrawiyyah<br />

Chistiyyah<br />

Ba’Alawiyyah<br />

Khalwatiyyah<br />

Badawiyyah

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