Faráízi

Faráízi, a sect of reformed Mohammedans in Eastern Bengal since the middle of the 19th century. The sect originated in a puritan reaction against many obvious corruptions into which the Islamism of Bengal had fallen; but they differ from the orthodox Sunnites (of whom they may be regarded as a branch) in rejecting traditional custom, and in holding that the Koran is the sole and complete guide to spiritual life.