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| | Islam -- The Straight Path: Islam Interpreted by Muslims |
 | | Political, or rather political-theological, parties appeared on the scene -- the Kharijites, the Qadarites, the Shi‘ites, the Murjites, and the Umayyads, who were the state party and the bitterest opponents of Ali and his followers. |
 | | The Murjites -- literally those who postpone; here, those who postpone judgment until it is pronounced by God on the Day of Judgment -- were more tolerant than the others in their political views and more liberal-minded on theological questions. |
 | | The Murjites denied the quantitative evaluation of faith, while the rest of the theologians held the view that faith admits increase and decrease. |
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