Sunnite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sunnite
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Only a few of the Sunnite doctors acknowledge the Shyites to be Moslems.
From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by James Freeman Clarke
Under their orthodox protection the Sunnite doctrines were able to strike root in Balkh and Samarkand—the ancient Turan, and therefore hostile to Iran and Persia.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
In religion they are Mahommedans of the Sunnite sect.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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 Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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
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