Islamic branches

'''Mu'tazilism''' (, singular ) is an Islamic theological school that appeared in early Islamic history and flourished in Basra and Baghdad. Its adherents, the Mu'tazilites, were known for their neutrality in the dispute between Ali and his opponents such as Mu'awiya after the death of the third caliph, Uthman. By the 10th century the term al-muʿtazilah had come to refer to a distinctive Islamic school of speculative theology (kalām). This school of theology was founded by Wasil ibn Ata.

branch/school of the religion of Islam

Qadariyyah (), also Qadarites or Kadarites, from (), meaning "power", was originally a derogatory term designating early Islamic theologians who rejected the concept of predestination in Islam, qadr, and asserted that humans possess absolute free will, making them responsible for their actions, justifying divine punishment and absolving God of responsibility for evil in the world. Originally, the Qadarites also reject belief in the prior knowledge of God, and they deny that God wrote the decrees concerning His creation before He created the heavens and the earth; Consequently, their belief goe

'''Murji'ah (, English: "Those Who Postpone"), also known as Murji'as or Murji'ites (singular Murji''''), were an early Islamic denomination. The Murji'ah school of theology prioritized the importance of one's professed faith over the acts, deeds, or rituals they performed. They held the opinion that God alone has the right to judge whether a Muslim has become an apostate. Consequently, Muslims should practice postponement (ʾirjāʾ) of judgment on committers of major sins and not make charges of disbelief (’takfir’) or punish accordingly anyone who has professed Islam to be their faith. They al

Batiniyya () refers to groups that distinguish between an outer, exoteric (zāhir) and an inner, esoteric (bāṭin) meaning in Islamic scriptures.

set of beliefs associated with the Islamic faith

a Muslim who does not belong to, does not self-identify with, or cannot be readily classified under one of the identifiable Islamic schools and branches

Karramiyya () was a Hanafi-Mujassim-Murji'ah sect in Islam which flourished in the central and eastern parts of the Islamic worlds, and especially in the Iranian regions, from the 9th century until the Mongol invasions in the 13th century.

Jahmism (), is a term used by Islamic scholars to refer to the followers of the doctrines of Jahm bin Safwan (d. 128/746). The Jahmiyya particularly came to be remembered as advocates for the negation of God's divine attributes as part of God's essence (known as the doctrine of taʿṭīl) and have been described as a form of natural theology.

hypothesized new branch of Islam

Yihewani (), or Ikhwan (), (also known as al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun, which means Muslim Brotherhood, not to be confused with the Middle Eastern Muslim Brotherhood, or Ahl al-Sunni) is an Islamic sect in China. Its adherents are called Sunnaiti. It is of the Hanafi school, one of the four major schools of Sunni Islam. It is also referred to as "New Teaching" () or "Latest Teaching" (). Yihewani, together with Gedimu and Xidaotang, make up the three major sects of Islam in China. In 1937, it divided into two groups.

Indonesian brand of Islam

Zikrism (also Zikriyya) is a Mahdist minority Muslim group or sect found primarily in the Balochistan region of western Pakistan. The name Zikri comes from the Arabic word Dhikr meaning 'pronouncement' or 'remembrance'.

thumb|Machang Mosque in Linxia, [[Gansu, is a mosque of the Xidaotang sect.]] Xidaotang (, "Hall of the Western Dao," i.e. Islam) - originally called Jinxingtang , the "Gold Star Hall"; also called the Hanxue pai , the "Han Studies Sect" - is a Sino-Islamic religious body/special economic community centered in Gansu province. The Xidaotang is mainly distributed in Lintan and Hezheng County in Gansu, and also has followers in Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Sichuan.

thumb|The minaret of the [[Great Mosque of Xi'an in the Chinese province of Shaanxi, one of the largest mosques in China.]] Gedimu () or Qadim () is the earliest school of Islam in China. It is a Hanafi, non-Sufi school of the Sunni tradition. Its supporters are centered on local mosques, which function as relatively independent units.