Shia, Sunni, Salafi, Zaydi, Zahiri

Shia articles

1. Tracing the Origin of the Ritual of Karbala.
2. Tracing the Origin of Akhbarism. [Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
3. The Martyr of Iraq: Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr 
4. Bahrain Shia. [Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
5. Malaysia Shia. [Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
6. Death of Ismail and the Question of Bada. 
7. Do we have a list of Shia Sects?
8. The History and Doctrines of the Akhbārī Shia School
9. Intro to the Akhbari book 
10. Opposition to the Shia Legal Theory
11. Tracing the origin or the beginning of Akhbarism 
12. Akhbari-Usuli Dispute
13. The Emergence of Akhbariyya 
14. Akhbarism before al-Astrabadi?
15. 10 Muslim/Islamic sects/groups set to be annihilated in Malaysia 
16. Stop the Shi'ite holocaust in Malaysia 
17. The hadith about Fatima’s jealousy is not well understood
18. Denying the Imamah of Ahlul Bayt 
19. The Shias are distinct from Ghulats 
20. Why do we mourn Imam Hussayn?
21. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? 
22. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 2) 
23. Farazdaq's Poetry
24. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 3) 
25. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 4)
26. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 5)
27. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 6) 
28. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 7) 
29. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 8) 
30. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 9) 
31. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 10) 
32. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 11)
33. What is the origin of the ritual of Ashura? (part 12)
34. Muharram Rituals of the Early Shias 
35. Rafida, Rafidites 
36. Differences between 12-Imam Shi'ism and Zaydis or Ismailism
37. The court system in Malaysia is very unfair towads the Shia Minority 
38. I still don't understand why the great majority of Muslims are soo blind 
39. Muharram is generally a sad month 
40. Please listen to Muharram lectures 
41. Violence on Ashura 
42. Muharram 2011/1433 Lectures (English)
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Sunni articles 

1. Application of ra'y (opinion) 
2. From Ra’y (opinion) to Qiyas (analogy) 
3. Abu Hanifah with Imam Jaffar as-Sadiq 
4. More hostility towards Abu Hanifa 
5. Clashes between People of Traditions (hadeeths) with People of Opinions (ra'y) 
6. Speculative theology
7. The Sunni Imam as-Shafii 
8. Decline of Hanifite, rise of Shafite and the birth of Zahiri 
9. Qardawi the hypocrite 
10. Muslim Schisms and Sects
11. Introduction to Research Into Sects 
12. Breakdown of the Muslim Sects 
13. Definition of Muslim (Islamic) Ummah 
14. How did the Muslim community got divided into sects?
15. It’s not Eid yet! 
16. Development of the Sunni Fiqh and the application of analogy 
17. Early Sunni Doctrine Concerning Faith 
18. The Two Opposing Doctrines of Faith in Sunni Islam
19. The Two Opposing Doctrines of Faith in Sunni Islam --part 2 
20. The actions or works of humans are an integral part of the faith--part 3
21. How do Sunnis observe Ashura?

Murjiyyah (Proto Sunnis)

1. Murjiyyah
2. Sunni Imam Abu Hanifah was from the Murjiyyah sect
3. Qaddari sect is not a Sufi order
4. Shahrastani on Murji'ites 

Qadariya
Qadariya again
Qaddari sect is not a Sufi order

Salafi 

1. Ibn Taymiyyah, forefather of the Wahhabiya movement, founder of the Salafi sect 
2. Ibn Taymiyyah's Teaching (Tajsim, Ejtehad, Philosophy) 
3. Ibn Taymiyyah’s anthropormorphism
4. Saudi Women and voting 
5. In recent days we have seen too many

Zaydi

1. I stumbled across Zaydis vs Imami discourse
2. Answering the Zaydiyyah sect
3. Answering objections from Zaydiyyah sect – part three
4. More traditions about the death of Ismail son of Imam as-Sadiq
5. 4th objection from Zaydis 
6. Shaykh Saduq rebuttal  
7. Differences between 12-Imam Shi'ism and Zaydis or Ismailism
8. It is too early to post something about the Zaydis
9. Jarudiyya
10. What did al-Sharastani say about Jarudiyya Zaydi
11. Concluding Remark about Jarudiyya
12. Spread of Zaydism

Battriya
Batriyya (Butris)
Butris going against Shias - part 1
Butris going against Shias - part 2
Butris going against Shias - part 3

Zahiri

1. Zahiri Sect 
2. Read a book about the Zahiri Islamic law 
3. What is a Zahiri?
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