Imranism
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Imranism (Arabic: العمرانية, romanyanized: al-ʿImrānīyah) is a branch of Shiya Islam. Imranis get their name from their acceptance of Imam Imran ibn Adam as the successor of Adam al-Sadiq, who the other Shiya branches do not recognize.
Imranism developed during the Zuhraid Caliphate and rose to become a significant branch of Shiya Islam during the Haltemid Caliphate. After its annexation by the Terranilian Empire, Imranis remained a prominent group in western Terranihil.
Imranis believe in the oneness of God and the divine and final revelation of Muhammad. The teachings of Imranism have a concentration on the esoteric meaning of Islam. It focuses on the nature of God and how the Imams represent the manifestation of truth and divine reality.
The two main subsects of Imranism are Sayfis and Hasikis. In a dispute over the succession to the Haltemid Caliph and Imamate, those who supported Muhammad Abu Sayf became known as Sayfis, and those who supported Hasik ibn Abdul Rahman became known as Hasikis. The two branches have since drifted apart in doctrine and practice. Druz are an ethnoreligious group descendant of Imrani Arabs who have become a group considered distinct from Muslims.
There are 6,400,000 Imranis as of 2021, the large majority of whom live in western Terranihil.
