Sufri

The Sufris (Arabic: الصفرية aṣ-Ṣufriyya) were Khariji Muslims in the seventh and eighth centuries. They established the Midrarid state at Sijilmassa, now in Morocco.

In Tlemcen, Algeria, the Banu Ifran^[1] were Sufri Berbers who opposed rule by the Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates, most notably under resistance movements led by Abu Qurra (8th century) and Abu Yazid.^[2]

The Khawarij were divided into separate groups such as the Sufri, Azariqa, Bayhasiyya, Ajardi, Najdat, and Ibadi The Sufri and Ibadi sects are considered the most moderate of the Kharijite groups due to their refusal to shed the blood of those who disagree with them. Of all the Kharijite sects, only the Ibadi sect continues to exist today.

According to an Ibadi website, Prima Qur'an, Sufriyya was absorbed into the Ibadi school in North Africa.^[3]

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E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936. BRILL. 31 December 1987. ISBN 90-04-08265-4., page 265 ]

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Julien, Charles André; le Tourneau, Roger Le Tourneau (1970). Histoire de L'Afrique du Nord. Praeger. ISBN 9780710066145., page 24

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"Are Ibadi Muslims Kharajite?". Prima Qur'an ("The Nukkaris broke away from the Ibadi’s briefly then came back to the Ibadi. The Surfriyya eventually became absorbed into the Ibadi school in North Africa. The Najdiyya, Azraqi, Bayhasiyya, and whomever else did not survive until today."). 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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