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mutazilism

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Mu⋅ta⋅zi⋅lite

  [moo-tah-zuh-lahyt]
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–noun Islam.
a member of a medieval theological sect (Mutazila) that maintained that nothing but eternity could be asserted regarding Allah, that the eternal nature of the Koran was questionable, and that humans have free will.
Origin:
1720–30; < Ar muʿtazil(ah) + -ite 1

Related forms:
Mu⋅ta⋅zi⋅lism, noun
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