Sunna
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Sunna (Arab., ‘custom’). Customary practice which, in Islam, may refer to both bad and good examples in the past. But supremely the sunna refers to the way in which the Prophet Muḥammad and his Companions (
Ṣahāba) lived, and to what they said and did (attending also to that concerning which they were silent). Thus Qurʾān is the fundamental authority, but the sunna forms the first living commentary on what Qurʾān means, and thus becomes equally the foundation for Muslim life: the
sunnat al-nabī, the ‘example of the prophet’, controls Muslim life even in small details. Non-Shiʿite Muslims are therefore known as
Ahl al-Sunna waʾl-jamāʿa, the people of the sunna and of the gathered assembly, i.e. Sunnis. Shiʿites (
Shīʿa) share most of the sunna with them, but place emphasis on the role of the Imām in guiding the community, and they also accuse Sunnis of suppressing
ḥadīth which support Shīʿa beliefs and practices.
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The Last Years of the Monroe Doctrine: 1945-1993.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/24/1994; 700+ words
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`Goodbye, Monroe Doctrine'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/13/1994; 700+ words
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FATHER OF MONROE DOCTRINE HONORED
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The Monroe doctrine: meanings and implications.
Magazine article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
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Monroe Doctrine
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
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The Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary (1823–1919)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
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Monroe doctrine
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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Doctrines
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
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