Sufri

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The Sufris ({{langx|ar|الصفرية}} aṣ-Ṣufriyya) were Khariji Muslims in the seventh and eighth centuries. They established the Midrarid state at Sijilmassa, now in Morocco.

In Tlemcen, Algeria, the Banu Ifran{{cite book|title=E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1936|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJU3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA265|date=31 December 1987|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-08265-4}}, page 265 ] were Sufri Berbers who opposed rule by the Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates, most notably under resistance movements led by Abu Qurra (8th century) and Abu Yazid.{{cite book|last1=Julien|first1=Charles André|authorlink1=Charles André Julien|last2=le Tourneau|first2=Roger Le Tourneau|authorlink2=Roger Le Tourneau|title=Histoire de L'Afrique du Nord|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtEZAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Praeger|isbn=9780710066145}}, page 24

The Khawarij were divided into separate groups such as the Sufri, Azariqa, Bayhasiyya, Ajardi, Najdat, and Ibadi. The Sufri and Ibadi sects are considered the most moderate of the Kharijite groups due to their refusal to shed the blood of those who disagree with them. Of all the Kharijite sects, only the Ibadi sect continues to exist today.

According to an Ibadi website, Prima Qur'an, Sufriyya was absorbed into the Ibadi school in North Africa.{{Cite web |date=4 October 2022 |title=Are Ibadi Muslims Kharajite? |url=https://primaquran.com/2022/10/04/are-ibadi-muslims-kharijites/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231110030108/https://primaquran.com/2022/10/04/are-ibadi-muslims-kharijites/ |archive-date=10 November 2023 |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=Prima Qur'an |type="The Nukkaris broke away from the Ibadi’s briefly then came back to the Ibadi. The Surfriyya eventually became absorbed into the Ibadi school in North Africa. The Najdiyya, Azraqi, Bayhasiyya, and whomever else did not survive until today."}}