无教派穆斯林[1]是指不属于一个明确伊斯兰教派的穆斯林。[2]无教派穆斯林可以指向《古兰经》仪姆兰的家属第103节来捍卫这一立场,即要求穆斯林保持团结不要分离。[3]在各种调查中,当问及其属于哪个教派时,这些穆斯林通常会自我认定为“只是一个穆斯林”。[4][5]在获得明确的解释之前,这些穆斯林会自己对教义(包括经文和圣训)进行推理判断或考虑大多数伊斯兰学者的意见。在英语中,这种意识形态的穆斯林还有一个Just Muslim的称呼。[6][7][8][9][10]
在至少22个国家中至少五分之一的穆斯林为无教派穆斯林。根据皮尤研究中心的宗教信仰与公共生活项目,有着最多无教派穆斯林人口的国家是哈萨克斯坦,占比达到74%。报告还指出,在9个国家的穆斯林人口中,无教派穆斯林占多数(在另外3个国家占相对多数):阿尔巴尼亚共和國 (65%)、吉尔吉斯共和國 (64%)、科索沃共和國 (58%)、印度尼西亚共和國 (56%)、馬利共和國 (55%)、波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納 (54%)、乌兹别克斯坦共和國 (54%)、亞塞拜然共和國 (45%)、俄罗斯聯邦 (45%)和奈及利亞聯邦共和國 (42%)。其它占比较高的国家是:喀麥隆共和國 (40%), 突尼西亞共和國(40%),幾內亞比索共和國(36%),烏干達共和國(33%),摩洛哥王國(30%),塞内加尔共和國(27%),查德共和國(23%),衣索比亞聯邦民主共和國(23%),賴比瑞亞共和國(22%),尼日共和國(20%)和坦尚尼亞聯合共和國(20%)。[4]不过,这些数字可能会产生误导,应采取谨慎态度,因为其中大部分国家都有一个占主导地位的伊斯兰教派,如逊尼派和什叶派,还有一些缺乏竞争力的教派。这些国家的大部分穆斯林选择只认同自己是穆斯林,而不是自称属于一个特定的教派。
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Benakis, Theodoros. Islamophoobia in Europe!. New Europe (Brussels). 13 January 2014 [20 October 2015]. (原始内容存档于2016-01-31). ... the non-denominational Muslims – those who are neither Shiites nor Sounites, but who accept Islam as a religion generally.
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Burns, Robert. Christianity, Islam, and the West. : 55 [2015-12-10]. (原始内容存档于2020-11-16). 40 per cent called themselves "just a Muslim" according to the Council of American-Islamic relations
Mustapha, Abdul. Sects & Social Disorder. 2014: 5 [2015-12-10]. (原始内容存档于2020-09-19). of Muslims identified themselves as Sunni, 12 per cent as Shi'a, 3 per cent as Ahmadiyya but 44 per cent as 'just Muslim' (Pew Forum, 2010)
Muttitt, Greg. Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq. 2012: 79 [2015-12-10]. (原始内容存档于2020-11-16). A January 2004 survey by the Iraq Centre for Research and Strategic Studies, for instance, asked people which description suited them best Sunni Muslim, Shi'a Muslim or just Muslim'.
Boulting, Ned. On the Road Bike: The Search For a Nation’s Cycling Soul. : 155. What is your religion, asked a UN official. Muslim. Are you Shi'a or Sunni. Just Muslim
Lopez, Ralph. Truth in the Age of Bushism. 2008: 65 [2015-12-10]. (原始内容存档于2020-08-03). Many Iraqis take offense at reporters' efforts to identify them as Sunni or Shiite. A 2004 Iraq Centre for Research and Strategic Studies poll found the largest category of Iraqis classified themselves as "just Muslim."
Cughtai, Muhammad Ikram. Jamāl Al-Dīn Al-Afghāni: An Apostle of Islamic Resurgence. 2005: 454. Condemning the historically prevailing trend of blindly imitating religious leaders, al- Afghani revised to identity himself with a specific sect or imam by insisting that he was just a Muslim and a scholar with his own interpretation of Islam.