Sample Sentences for
Sunni
(editor-reviewed)

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  • "Sunni" comes from the Arabic for "one who follows the traditions of the Prophet, PBUH."  (source)
  • It combats Sunni extremism while at the same time nurturing it.  (source)
  • "Hassan Harbish. Sunni Muslim. Not a terrorist." "Lindsey Lee Wells. Methodist. Me neither."  (source)
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  • She was seventeen years old when she fell in love with a Sunni Arab boy.  (source)
    Sunni = the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
  • Sunnis and Renly Baratheon war against each other, and the Prince of Dome has consented to wed his son Trystane to the Princess Myrcella.†  (source)
  • It began as a public housing area for the poor, and by the time of the war, it had become a refuge for Shiites, who were discriminated against by Saddam's Sunni-dominated government.  (source)
    Sunni = the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90% but a minority in Iraq)
  • It was not like Sunnis Baratheon to lie about such a thing.†  (source)
  • But she learned that there were Shiite and Sunni interpretations of the Qur'an, and within any mosque there were the same variations in faith and commitment as there were in any church.  (source)
    Sunni = the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
  • Most Pakistanis are Sunnis like us—more than 80 percent—but within that we are again many groups.  (source)
    Sunnis = people of the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
  • Thus we often found ourselves in what looked like respectable streets but which were in fact piles of rubble, perfect hiding places for insurgents or even Sunni Muslim terrorists still fighting for their erstwhile leader.  (source)
    Sunni = the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
  • We Muslims are split between Sunnis and Shias—we share the same fundamental beliefs and the same Holy Quran, but we disagree over who was the right person to lead our religion when the Prophet, PBUH, died in the seventh century.  (source)
    Sunnis = people of the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
  • But they're Sunni Muslims there, basically the same people as the Pashtuns in Afghanistan?  (source)
    Sunni = the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
  • Then even when we got our own country there was still fighting, but this time it was between mohajirs and Pashtuns and between Sunnis and Shias.  (source)
    Sunnis = people of the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
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