Wikipedia's first sentence called it “muslim sect from zaidiyyah”. Today it says “early branch of zaydī islam”.
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Batriyya ( , adjective form Batri ) is a Muslim sect from Zaidiyyah , some Shia clerics may use this term to refer to any Shiite mixing the allegiance to the Imams and the allegiance to Abu Bakr , Umar and Uthman . Among those who used the term were Fadil Al-Darbandi , Muhammad Al-Sanad and Yasser Al-Habib . Al-Fadil Al-Darbandi \, Iksir el Ebadat fi Asrar al Shahadad (in Arabic) محمد, سند، (25 January 2018). "الغلو والفرق الباطنية: رواة المعارف بين الغلاة والمقصرة : تقريرا لابحاث المحقق آية الله الشيخ محمد السند" . الأميرة للطباعة و النشر و التوزيع، – via Google Books.1
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Batriyya ( , adjective form Batri ) is a Muslim sect from Zaidiyyah , some Shia clerics may use this term to refer to any shiite mixing the allegiance to the Imams and the allegiance to Abu Bakr and Umar . Among those who used the term were Fadil Al-Darbandi , Muhammad Al-Sanad and Yasser Al-Habib . chart-zayd.pdf Batriyya and Shiat-ul-ALI "isbn:1317273397 - بحث Google" . books.google.iq . Al-Fadil Al-Darbandi \, Iksir el Ebadat fi Asrar al Shahadad (in Arabic) محمد, سند، (25 January 2018). "الغلو والفرق الباطنية: رواة المعارف بين الغلاة والمقصرة : تقريرا لابحاث المحقق آية الله الشيخ محمد السند" . الأميرة للطباعة و النشر و التوزيع، – via Google Books.
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Batriyya or Butriyya ( Arabic : بترية , adjective form Batrī ) or Batrism is an early branch of Zaydī Islam .The Batriyya were a group of moderates who emerged in Kūfa and played a significant role in the formation of early Zaydism in the 8th century.They held positions similar to those of Zayd ibn ʿAlī , and their theological positions and practices represented a middle ground between Shīʿa factions and proto- Sunnism .The Batriyya were instrumental in shaping the early Zaydī movement alongside Jārūdiyya , which embraced the activist agenda of other Shīʿī groups.
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muslim sect from zaidiyyah
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early branch of zaydī islam
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