The Bāṭinī Movements, Secret Orders, Freemasonry, al-Ikhwān, al-Qāidah and ISIS: Part 1 - There Is No Secrecy or Secret Organization in Islām It is not possible for a person who wishes to make sense of whatever is taking place of tribulations, upheavals and corruption upon the land - all in the name Islām - without contemplating the words of the Scholars of Sunnah and Salafiyyah and without studying, analysing and appreciating the past so as to understand the present. In this series we will study the Bāṭinī movements which arose in the early period of Islām and their influences today within the Islāmic jamāʿat (and their splinter groups) claiming to work for Islām. Download Full PDF Document.