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Kharijites



Kharijites (Arabic خوارج, literally "Those who Go Out" "Schisms and Heterodoxy among the Muslims", hosted on irfi.org) is a general term embracing a variety of Islamic sects which, while initially accepting the caliphate of Ali, later rejected him.



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