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This page groups denominations by the language their services are conducted in. Wikipedia notes that in the Eastern Orthodox Church, its Rite of Tonsure "is printed in the Euchologion (Church Slavonic: Trebnik), the same book as the other Sacred Mysteries and services." Browsing by liturgical language lets a visitor find every denomination that worships in the same tongue.

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What Defines This Grouping
The branches, legal schools and mystical traditions of Islam. The principal division follows the dispute over leadership after the death of the Prophet; the madhhabs are schools of legal interpretation rather than separate bodies; and Sufism cuts across the whole. 2
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Contested: denomination and sect fit Islam badly. A madhhab is a school of legal reasoning whose difference from the others is recognised as legitimate within Sunni Islam, not a church standing apart from another. 3
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The branches of Islam

This group gathers the main branches and movements of Islam. The principal division, dating to disputes over leadership after the Prophet Muhammad's death, is between Sunni Islam, the majority tradition, and Shia Islam, which holds that authority passed through the Prophet's family.

The browser will find the Sunni schools of law and the Shia branches (Twelver, Ismaili and others), along with Sufism, the mystical dimension found across both, and reform and revival movements of the modern period. The atlas describes each in its own terms, noting the theological and historical questions that separate them.

Classical Arabic
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Ahmadiyya

Classical Arabic

Alawites

Classical Arabic

Ibadism

Classical Arabic

Ismailism

Classical Arabic

Kharijites

Classical Arabic

Quranism

Classical Arabic

Salafism

Classical Arabic

Shia (Twelver)

Classical Arabic

Sufism

Classical Arabic

Sunni

Classical Arabic

Wahhabism

Classical Arabic

Zaidiyyah

Classical Arabic
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition
P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.), Brill, 2005s.v. madhhabView the Source
3. An Introduction to Islamic Law
Wael B. Hallaq, Cambridge University Press, 2009View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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