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Sunni Six Articles of Belief God Prophets Holy books Angels The Last Judgement Predestination Five Pillars of Islam Shahada Salah Sawm Zakat Hajj Sunni theological traditions Ahl al-Hadith Atharism1 Ilm al-Kalam Ash'arism2 Maturidism3 Mu'tazilism
Shi'a Theology of the Twelvers4,5 Tawhid Adalah Prophecy Imamah Qiyamah Ancillaries of the Faith Salah Sawm Zakat Hajj Khums Jihad Commanding what is just Forbidding what is evil Tawalli Tabarri Seven pillars of Ismailism6 Walayah Tawhid Salah Zakat Sawm Hajj Jihad Theology of the Zaydis
Muhakkima Theology of the Ibadis
Other variants Taṣawwuf7 Liberal and progressive Islam (Quraniyya) Ahmadiyya Nation of Islam
Including: 1 Hanbali school Zahiri school 2 Maliki school Shafi'i school 3 Hanafi school 4 Usuli school, Akhbari school Shaykhi school 5 Alawi Alevi 6 Nizari Mustaali (Dawoodi Bohra, Sulaymani Bohra Alavi Bohra) 7 Various Ṭarīqah  Islam portal
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There are only five Pillars of Islam that are universally accepted as the basis of Islamic practice. However, the Kharijites upheld the belief that Jihad may be considered the sixth pillar.^[1] In their interpretation, jihad could be an individual's internal struggle against baser instincts, the struggle to build a good Muslim society, or a war for the faith against unbelievers.^[2] Jihad is a vague term for the act of promoting Islam or improving observance of Islamic practices and may range from holy war to self-improvement.^[3]

In Twelver Shi'a Islam, the second-largest branch of Islam, jihad is one of the ten Practices of the Religion.

Jihad was brought up in controversial magazine Charlie Hebdo, which suffered a terrorist attack in 2015, stirred controversy with its coverage of Tariq Ramadan, with a headline that associated him with the Sixth Pillar of Islam. It was brought up since jihad is the pillar that sustains this type of practice in Islam.