Sunnite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sunnite
Example Sentences
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Damascus, the home of orthodoxy, was taken by Giafar, not without a struggle, and the Fatimite doctrine was there published, to the indignation and disgust of the Sunnite population.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
One of them, Siyyid Dávúdí, a Sunnite savant of Baghdád, wrote a short treatise in which he related certain supernatural acts of Bahá’u’lláh.
From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá
It is extremely popular among Mahommedans both of the Sunnite and Shiite sects, and the manuscript copies are consequently very numerous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
The old antipathy between the Iranians and Turanians, the Schiite Persians and the Sunnite Turks, was afterwards carried into Europe by the Ottoman Moslems.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
They are Sunnite Mahommedans in distinction from the Hazara who are Shiites.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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