Meaning of Sunni | Babel Free

Definitions

Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.

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Examples

“I therefore strongly advocate the formation of a local capital but not at Hillah, which is too Sunni and near Baghdad”

“members […] came to view themselves collectively as the righteous descendants of Husayn confronting an evil and fundamentally alien ruler: a shah more Zoroastrian than Muslim, more Sunni than Shi'i, more Arab than Iranian, more Yazid than Husayn.”

“Many Shias who had become more Sunni in their religious practices reverted back to their original sect.”

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