Sunni Islam claims to be the continuation of the Islam as it was defined through the revelations given to Muhammad and his life, a claim which is substantiated through the fact that Shi'i Islam for a number of decades had very little following and had no real, formal organization. Has been dominating almost continuously since 661, when the Shi'is departed from the main fold (the Kharijis left in 658). Sunni's are the main group in Islam, making up 85-90% of the religion's adherents. Just as within Christianity, there are different denominations in Islamic faith, but these two are the major ones practiced by 1,6 billion Muslims around the world. There are also their sub-denominations or other orders such as Ahmadiyya, Alawi, Druze, Hanafi, Ismaili, Jafari, Kharijite, Maliki, Shafi, Sufi, Wahabi, Zaidi, etc. The two different branches in Islam are Sunni and Shia sects.
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