How many denominations of Islam are there?

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The two different branches in Islam are Sunni and Shia sects. There are also their sub-denominations or other orders such as Ahmadiyya, Alawi, Druze, Hanafi, Ismaili, Jafari, Kharijite, Maliki, Shafi, Sufi, Wahabi, Zaidi, etc.

What is the largest denomination in the world?

With an estimated 2.42 or 2.3 billion adherents in 2015, Christianity is the largest religious group in the world, and in 2020 there were about 2.6 billion adherents globally.

What are the most popular sects of Islam?

Twelvers. Jaʽfaris. Akhbari. Shaykhi. Usuli. Alawites.

  • Batini. Alevism. Bektashi. Bektashism and folk religion. Qizilbash. Alians. Hurufism.
  • Zaydi Shiʽa.
  • Ismaʽili. Mustaʽli. Tayyibi. Alavi. Dawoodi. Sulaymani. Hafizi. Nizari. Khoja. Satpanth.
  • Extinct Shiʽa sects.

    • What are the major denominations of Islam?

    Sunni Muslims include 84%–90% of all Muslims.…

  • Shi`ite Muslims comprise 10%–16% of all Muslims.…
  • Sufis are Islamic mystics.…
  • Baha’is and Ahmadiyyas are 19th-century offshoots of Shi`ite and Sunni Islam,respectively.
  • Druze,Alevis,and `Alawis

    • How many different sects of Islam are there?

    there are 73 sects in Islam ..it is a prophecy of the prophet Muhammad(saw).This sects are became because they left the Quran. prophet Muhammad also say that imam mehdi will come and teach the whole mankind the real teachings of the quran. the imam mehdi came in qadian india in1889 and ahmadi people accepted him..but other muslims do not accept him.

    What are the 5 branches of Islam?

    Muqalid – 89%

  • Hanafi – 50%
  • Deobandi – 20% – in India,Pakistan,Bangladesh,Afghanistan etc
  • Barelvi – 20% – in India,Pakistan
  • Unaligned (Those who don’t identify themselves as Deobandi or Barelvi but just Hanfi) – 10% – in Central Asia,Turkey and Europe
  • Malki – 12% – Nigeria,Niger and West Africa
  • Shafi – 19% – in Indonesia,Southeast Asia,East Africa

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