Thinking about Muslim Sects and Schools

Contenu

Titre

Thinking about Muslim Sects and Schools

Type

Billet

Auteur

Gaiser, Adam R.

Date

2022-12-06

Résumé

The Muslim community, known as the umma, is meant to be united. The Qur’an, in chapter 29, verse 92, states that ““Indeed, this your umma is one umma, and I am your Lord; so worship Me.” Yet Muslims, just like Jews, Christians and other religious groups, divided into various communal divisions quite early in their history.

Editeur

Fifteen Eighty Four: Academic perspectives from Cambridge University Press

Langue

eng

uri

http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2022/12/thinking-about-muslim-sects-and-schools/