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Sunni
Sunni (from Arabic,
sunna, ‘tradition’), the belief and practice of mainstream, as opposed to Shia,
ISLAM (see
SHIITES). Sunni Muslims, constituting over 80% of all believers, follow the
sunna, a code of practice based on the
hadith collected in the
Sihah Satta, six authentic Books of Tradition about the prophet
MUHAMMAD. The
Sunna, variously translated as ‘custom’, ‘code’, or ‘usage’, means whatever Muhammad, by positive example or implicit approval, demonstrated as the ideal behaviour for a Muslim to follow. It therefore complements the Koran as a source of legal and ethical guidance.
Sunnis recognize the order of succession of the first four
CALIPHS. They follow one of four schools of law: the Hanafi, prevalent in the Middle East and Pakistan; the Malikite, found in western and northern Africa; the Shafite, found in Egypt, East Africa, Malaysia, and Indonesia; and the Hanbalite in Saudi Arabia.
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Sunnis to seize Zarqawi when 'ready'.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/29/2005; 700+ words
; ...alliances in the minority Sunni community. The Sunnis ran Iraq, and generally...in the context of Sunni outreach, outreach to Sunnis, to bring them into...Al Anbar without Sunni participation...some instances, the Sunnis welcome the foreign...
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Sunnis plan to ignore 'illegitimate' elections.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/25/2005; 700+ words
; ...2003. As a result, Sunnis are primarily behind...most effective in Sunni areas. Even among...The extent of the Sunni antipathy is hard...participation by pious Sunnis will be lower than...throughout Iraq, not one Sunni Arab other than those...Even more moderate Sunnis say this is not ...
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Sunnis now want to join Iraq politics; Sunni leaders met last weekend to unite in their cause and negotiate with Shiites and Kurds.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 3/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...administrating body of Sunni religious affairs...credibility Some Sunnis have previously tried...direct effect on the [Sunnis] in the street...to fan out among Sunni tribal, religious...struggled to find Sunnis willing to negotiate...have clout in the Sunni community. But Mr...
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Sunnis likely to shun Iraqi election.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 10/31/2004; 700+ words
; ...doesn't improve in Sunni-dominated regions...as three-fourths of Sunnis will stay away from the...in January. Other top Sunni political leaders and...conversations with regional Sunni political and religious leaders, most Sunnis likely will not participate...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Sunnis, once persuaded to avoid elections, now told to vote.(National Assembly elections)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 8/27/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...those sites to urge Sunnis to register to vote...straightforward. Many Sunni Arabs oppose the...have wrangled with Sunni leaders over the...troublesome provisions for Sunnis: Shiite-Kurd insistence...been hindered not by Sunni non-participation...irreconcilable views" Sunnis and the ...
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In Politics, Sunnis Speak With Many Voices; Leadership Appears To Be Fragmented
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...which has just two Sunnis on it. But Dulaimi...consult with his fellow Sunni leaders first. The Sunnis at the table began to...Party, the largest Sunni political party; the...coalition of prominent Sunnis from across the country...
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Sunni Clerics Plan Edict On Greater Political Role; Followers in Iraq Will Be Told to Join Process, Vote
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Jafari has encouraged Sunni Arabs to embrace...insurgency dominated by Sunnis and foreign fighters...fatwa calling on Sunnis to serve in Iraq...Monday would call for Sunni participation in...brought on by the Sunnis' "strategic mistake...edict would appeal to Sunni insurgents who ...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Sunnis reject constitution
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/27/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...weekend, even though Sunni Arab negotiators...document. Bypassing Sunnis would be a blow to...draft doesn't serve Sunni interests. Furthermore...unacceptable to the Sunnis could sharpen religious...That would leave the Sunnis cut off from Iraq...More than a million Sunni Arabs live ...
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Sunnis Close Mosques to Protest Killings; Iraq's Shiite Politicians Condemn Attacks as an Attempt to Spark Sectarian War
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...of Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated government...legislature and cabinet, while Sunnis have been at the core...The killings of two Sunni clerics -- whose bodies...helped spark the Sunni protests. Sunnis also complained that...
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Sunnis lash out against Iraqi charter
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 8/28/2005; ; 700+ words
; What the Sunnis demand A list of...presented by five top Sunni members of Iraq...acceptable to the Sunnis. But prospects for...dimmed when four Sunni Arab members of the...more points than Sunni negotiators cited...things, the five Sunnis objected to measures...
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Sunni Islam
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...representative. That the Sunnis consider the law to...time, the various Sunni schools of law coalesced...always been staunch Sunnis. Tension still exists between local Sunni and Shi ʿ...the rise among the Sunnis of strict reform movements...
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Islam: Sunni
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...Muslims. Eventually the adjective Sunni came to describe the largest of the...sectarian divisions among Muslims: Sunnis, Shiites, and Kharijites. Accounting...the umma or the jama'a ). The term Sunni is actually an abbreviation of the...
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Sunni
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sunni [Arab. Sunna,=tradition], from ahl...community], the largest division of Islam. Sunni Islam is the heir to the early central Islamic...With no centralized clerical institution, Sunni Islam should be understood as an umbrella...
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Sunni Ali
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sunni Ali Sunni Ali (died 1492) founded the Songhay empire of West Africa. Best known...nothing is known about the early life of Ali (who received the title of sunni, or si, when he became king of Gao) except that he was raised among...
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Islam, Shia And Sunni
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Islam, Shia And Sunni Islam was born in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century CE, a time when the peninsula was populated by nomadic tribes...
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