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Meanings of Sunnite in English
Catalan
sunnita A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad.
Synonyms
Examples for "Sunni"
Examples for "Sunni"
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The al Qaeda-affiliated Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility.
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The violence between majority Shi'ites and minority Sunni Arabs threatens civil war.
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Iranian media say Sunni insurgent group Jundollah claimed responsibility for the bombing.
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RELIGION: The official religion is Islam, and Libyan Muslims are mainly Sunni.
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U.S. officials said he had organised a Sunni insurgency against American troops.
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Jisr al-Shughour is home mainly to people from the Sunni Muslim majority.
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Shi'ite Muslims account for some 15 percent of mainly Sunni Muslim Afghanistan.
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Syria's rebellion draws most of its support from the Sunni Muslim majority.
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The 3-mile-long construction separates a Sunni Muslim district from a Shi'ite area.
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Jundollah says it fights for the rights of Iran's Sunni Muslim minority.
Usage of Sunnite in English
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They are Sunnite Mahommedans in distinction from the Hazara who are Shiites.
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The Persians are mostly Shyites, and refuse to receive the Sunnite traditions.
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Only a few of the Sunnite doctors acknowledge the Shyites to be Moslems.
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The Shiite views of jurisprudence, as of theology, prevailed in Persia; the "Futawa Alumgeeree" is strictly Sunnite.
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Omar, a Sunnite, obtained the leadership in 634, and proceeded to carry out the prophet's ambitious schemes of conquest.
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Of Incarnationist colour, it repudiated the dour illiberal spirit of the early Arabian apostles which latter-day Sunnite orthodoxy has revived.
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Shiite or Sunnite groups.
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Under their orthodox protection the Sunnite doctrines were able to strike root in Balkh and Samarkand-theancient Turan, and therefore hostile to Iran and Persia.