A New Monograph on Islamic Movements, Madhhabs and Sects Has Been Published

In 2026, a new scholarly monograph entitled “Islamic Movements, Madhhabs and Sects” was published by N.Zh. Baitenova, S.S. Sadzhakalova and R.B. Matibayeva.

The monograph provides a comprehensive analysis of the formation and development of religious and legal movements in the history of Islam. It examines the formation of the three major Islamic movements – Sunni Islam, Shi'a Islam and Kharijism – their doctrinal characteristics and historical and political foundations.

Particular attention is paid to the development of the Sunni tradition and the four major Sunni madhhabs, including their doctrinal and historical-political foundations and the scholarly traditions that emerged during their development.

One of the authors of the monograph is Nagima Zhaulybaevna Baitenova, Professor at the Department of Religious Studies and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, and a well-known Kazakh scholar in the field of Religious Studies. She has conducted research in the fields of Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Cultural Studies and is the author of a number of textbooks, teaching materials, scholarly works, and monographs.

The responsible editor of the monograph, Raziya Baltabaevna Matibayeva, is Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor, Head of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature of Al-Azhar at the International Academy of Islamic Studies of Uzbekistan.

The responsible editor Saidafzal Saidkhanbalovich Saidzhalolov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Law of the International Academy of Islamic Studies of Uzbekistan.

The publication is intended for researchers, lecturers and students in Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy, History and Cultural Studies, as well as readers interested in Islamic history and the development of religious thought.