Sufri
The Sufris (Arabic: الصفرية aṣ-Ṣufriyya) were a Khariji sect of Islam that existed in the 7th and 8th centuries. They established the Midrarid state at Sijilmassa.
In Algeria (Tlemcen), the Banu Ifran[1] were Sufri Berbers who opposed Umayyad, Abbasids and Fatimid rule, most notably under resistance movements led by Abu Qurra and Abu Yazid.[2][3].
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- ^ E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936 . M. Th. Houtsma Edition by BRILL, 1987. ISBN 9004082654. Page 265
- ^ History of North Africa: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco: From the Arab Conquest to 1830. Charles André Julien Publié par Praeger, 1970. Page 24
- ^ Ibn Kkaldun, History of Berber, party: Banu Ifran
The Kharijites split into the Sufriyya/Saffriyah (al-Tabari vol.39 p. 217), Azarika, Bayhasiyya, Nadjadat, and Ibadiyya groups. The Kharijites are almost extinct today. Surviving ones are in Oman, Zanzibar, north and east Africa. Many of the Kharijites are the more moderate Ibadites, who do not believe in assassination. Man is free and responsible, as opposed to the fatalistic views of many other Muslims (MuslimHope.com)
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