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Mutazilite

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Mutazilite [muːˈtɑːzɪˌlaɪt]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Islam) a member of an 8th-century liberal Muslim sect, later merged into the Shiahs
[from Arabic mu`tazilah body of seceders + -ite1]


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17) It may be surmised that the eventual triumph of Ash'arism (including Maturdism and Tahawism, or Sunnism in general), was due to its creative intellectual versatility in co-opting and integrating both the rationalism of the Mutazilites and the falasifah and the traditionalism of the Hanbalites into its own "synthetic" theological framework18 which "gave both naql and 'aql their due, and took a middle course between the doctrines of the opposing sects.
The Zaidis can be said to follow a path close to that of the Mutazilites, while in the branches or derivative institutions of the law they apply the jurisprudence of Abu Hanifah, the founder of one of the four Sunni schools of law.
Some may be acquainted with other Islamic groups, such as the Shiites, Sunnis, Kharijites, Mutazilites, and Baha'is.
 
 
 
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