An alternative or variant term for Hanifism, emphasizing the theological school or religious orientation toward strict monotheism.
From Arabic hanīfiyyah, a nominalization of hanif using the feminine suffix -iyya, common in Arabic for creating abstract nouns and school names.
Arabic uses the suffix -iyya to nominalize concepts into schools of thought—just as 'hanīf' (singular believer) becomes 'hanīfiyyah' (the whole tradition), English later borrowed '-ity' from Latin for the same purpose.
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