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- Word comparison: Sunni vs. Shiʿite
Sunni vs. Shiʿite
noun
Islam.
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
(used with a plural verb), the Sunni Muslims.
noun
Islam.
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
