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Sunni
sunny side
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sun·ny side
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n.
the side of something that receives the sun for longest:
a well-known hotel on the sunny side of the island.
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the more cheerful or pleasant aspect of a state of affairs:
he was fond of the sunny side of life.
PHRASES:
sunny side up
(of an egg) fried on one side only.
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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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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 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 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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 "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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Sunnis Want Federalism Shelved for Now
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/15/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...National Assembly," Sunni politician Kamal Hamdoun...Hamdoun said the Sunnis received no response...would be defeated and Sunnis form a majority in at least four provinces. Sunni clerics are urging followers...the country. With the Sunnis standing fast, Shiite...
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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 Face Dilemma on Iraq Constitution
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...unlikely that mainstream Sunni Arab leaders will...campaign to keep Sunnis from the October...widely perceived by Sunnis as a disaster, handing...purging thousands of Sunni Arabs from government...Now, it's the Sunnis' best card. Demographic...many areas, the Sunni majority may not...
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Sunnis' future in Iraq rests with vote
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 8/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...who have joined the Sunnis in opposing the constitutional...unlikely that mainstream Sunni Arab leaders will launch...organized campaign to keep Sunnis from the October polls...was widely perceived by Sunnis as a disaster, handing...purging thousands of Sunni Arabs from government...
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Sunnis Urge Voters to Reject Constitution
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/27/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...change of mind by the Sunnis, the charter is...to the voters over Sunni objections, setting...presumably with more Sunni members than the...members, many of them Sunnis, al-Hassani said...followed appeals by Sunni negotiators to the...prisoners _ most of them Sunnis _ who have been ...
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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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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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Madrasa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...training ground for state bureaucrats and as a Sunni Islam response to the propaganda of Ismaili...dynasty in Cairo in 969 c.e. As part of a Sunni Muslim religio-political agenda, the...specialized instruction in one of the four Sunni legal schools. In time, legal instruction...
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