nships in a social setting as well. So there is not only an Islamic religious institution but also an Islamic law, state, and other institutions governing society.
During the earliest decades after the death of the Prophet, certain basic features of the religious organizations of Islam were singled out. The features are to serve as anchoring points of the community's life and fashioning as the "Pillars of Islam." There are five pillars. To these five,the Khawarij sect added
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