`  == needs correction as follows:   # Zaidi (Shia)   AND   # Ibadi (Khawarij) ==  === Amman Message ===  In the modern era, Sadiq al-Mahdi, the former Prime Minister of Sudan, defined the recognized schools of Muslim jurisprudence as eight specific schools.Hassan Ahmed Ibrahim, ``An Overview of al-Sadiq al-Madhi's Islamic Discourse.`` Taken from The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought, p. 172. Ed. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi'. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4051-7848-8 The Amman Message, a three-point ruling issued by 200 Islamic scholars from over 50 countries, officially recognizes those eight legal schools of thought.The Three Points of The Amman Message V.1 # Hanafi (Sunni) # Maliki (Sunni) # Shafi'i (Sunni) # Hanbali (Sunni) # Ja'fari (Shia) (including Mustaali-Taiyabi Ismaili) # Zaidi (Shia) # Ibadi (Khawarij) # Zahiri`