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Kharijite
[ kahr-uh-jahyt ]
noun
- a member of an ultraconservative, sometimes fanatical, sect emphasizing the importance of strict adherence to Muslim principles of conduct, and advocating the killing of anyone seriously violating those principles.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Kharijite1
Example Sentences
Isis鈥檚 adherence to the Kharijite ideology is not the only reason it is not a true Salafi movement; it has also committed an act of disobedience that effectively nullifies its Salafi pretenses.
You can prove that there weren鈥檛 Muslims thronging the Jersey shore to cheer the ruins of the World Trade Center, but you can鈥檛 prove that Donald Trump didn鈥檛 see Super-8 footage of a Jersey warehouse show of a Kharijite Supertramp cover band playing in front of a van airbrushed with the words 鈥淒eath to Breakfast in America鈥.
The Kharijite rebellions began in the 7th century, against the Umayyad Caliphate, and persisted against the Abbasid Caliphate.
The word Kharijite means 鈥渢hose who defected from the group,鈥 referring to the Islamic groups that rebelled against the third and fourth caliphs, Uthman and Ali, and the rulers of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, beginning in 644.
Most of the Kharijite communities have died out, except for the Ibadis in Oman and certain regions in North Africa, notably in Algeria.
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