sunnis in English

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one of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
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1. The Sunnis are predominantly in the south and southeast.

2. Sunnis are a large majority of the Afghan population.

3. Islam has two main sects: the Sunnis and the Shias.

4. Known for their fundamentalist brand of Islam, the Afghanis are divided into two groups, Sunnis and Shi'ites

5. Shias alleged discrimination by the Pakistani government since 1948, claiming that Sunnis were given preference in business, official positions and the administration of justice.

6. For Sunnis this period, at least up to the middle of `Uthman’s caliphate, was a golden age when the Caliphs were consciously guided by …

7. THE Alawite SECT -- Sunnis Muslims make up 74 percent of Syria’s 22 million population, Alawites 12 percent, Christians 10 percent and Druze 3 percent

8. The involvement of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sunnis and Shi'ats, rang a special bell in Abul Maali Fayek's head as it seems that what he was afraid of has happened:

9. 24 There is no doubt that the real goal of the commission — its chief is a candidate on the slate led by former President George W. Bush's old pal, Ahmed Chalabi — was to disenfranchise Sunnis.

10. Although the Hijazis, who are Sunnis but not Wahhabis, are not viewed as heretics, they are marginalized because the Islam they practice has Sufi leanings--and tolerant Sufiism is anathema to the austerely dogmatic Wahhabis.

11. The Baathist officers are cynical, however it is a matter of pragmatism for them personally it is either ISIS or an Iranian prison where they and other Sunnis are tortured for fun and as a religious ritual that has arrived in Iraq from America via Iran’s grave worshiping mulas.

12. The differences between Alawites and Sunnis in Syria have sharpened dangerously since the beginning of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, whose family is Alawite.The reason for the tension is primarily political rather than religious: Top positions in Assad’s army are held by Alawite officers, while most of the rebels from the Free Syrian Army and other opposition groups