Sunnism

That consideration was powerfully reinforced by Assad's religious identity as an Alawite, a group that makes up about 12% of Syria's population, is theologically closer to Shiism than to the country's predominant Sunnism, and is often considered heretical by orthodox Sunni clerics.

The Syria Temptation 2009

He is a lover of Imam Hussain and a firm believer of Hazrat Abbas, so loving Hussain is beyond dogma, loving Hussain is not about Shiasm or Sunnism.

Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009

Whether global Sunnism would be happier with it back, who knows?

If it Quacks Like a Constitution... 2007

The statement forbids one Muslim to declare another "not a Muslim" if the believer adheres to any of the mainstream legal rites of Sunnism and Shiism.

Archive 2005-07-01 JDsg 2005

The statement forbids one Muslim to declare another "not a Muslim" if the believer adheres to any of the mainstream legal rites of Sunnism and Shiism.

Tom Friedman and "Deaf" Americans JDsg 2005

Shiism and Sunnism are like the major division in Christianity between Protestants and Catholics.

An attack against Iran? Sunni governments would be secretly happy 2007

In his speech, Qaradawi warned against Shi`ite penetration of Sunnism, and vice versa.

Saturday, September 30, 2006 As'ad 2006

(The House of Saud follows Wahabi Islam, a harsh, fundamentalist sect of Sunnism.)

The Baker Boys: Stay Half the Cours 2006

He also claims that defendant directed these imams to deny non-Sunni Muslims the opportunity to practice forms of Islam other than Sunnism.

Prisoner Alleges No Shi'ite Clergy Permitted Howard M. Friedman 2005

Nadir made an unsuccessful attempt to return Iran to the Sunni fold by proposing the integration of Shi’ism into Sunnism as the fifth of the already extant four Sunni schools of law (to be called the Ja'fari school).

1726 2001