Sufism

  Sufism

Sufi whirling dervishes in Istanbul, Turkey
Sufism is a mystical-ascetic approach to Islam that seeks to find divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of Allah.


 Moreover,by focusing on the more spiritual aspects of religion, Sufis strive to obtain direct experience of Allah by making use of "intuitive and emotional faculties" that one must be trained to use.


 However, Sufism has been criticized by the Salafi sect for what they see as an unjustified religious innovation.


 Many Sufi orders, or tariqas, can be classified as either Sunni or Shi'a, but others classify themselves simply as 'Sufi'.


Furthermore,Other denominations
Ahmadiyya is a Messianic movement founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad that began in India in the late 19th century and is practiced by millions of people around the world.

 Most mainstream Muslims consider both Ahmadi movements to be non-Muslim and heretical, while some consider them Muslim but misguided.


 This is for a number of reasons, chief among them being the question of finality of prophethood, as members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community do not regard the Islamic prophet Muhammad as the last prophet.


The Ibadi is a sect that dates back to the early days of Islam and is a branch of kharijite.

 Unlike most Kharijite groups, Ibadism does not regard sinful Muslims as unbelievers.

The Quranists are Muslims who generally reject the Hadith.


Yazdânism is seen as a blend of local Kurdish beliefs and Islamic Sufi doctrine introduced to Kurdistan by Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir in the 12th century.

Nation of Islam (NOI) is a primarily African-American new religious movement founded in Detroit during the 20th century.

Karaite-Karaism not to be confused with antithetical 

Karaite Judaism, is a religion with its origins among the Sabians of the Bosporan Kingdom.

 In the seventh century they adopted belief in the Quran and it was the main religion of the kingdom of Khazaria.


 Many Khazars were converted to Judaism during the Austro-Hungarian Empire but there are still a few thousand in existence around the world, mainly in former Soviet countries.