Both Uses of
Sunni
in
The Kite Runner
- The book said part of the reason Pashtuns had oppressed the Hazaras was that Pashtuns were Sunni Muslims, while Hazaras were Shi'a.
p. 9.7Sunni = the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%)
- In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that.
p. 25.7 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(Sunni) the majority denomination of Islam (almost 90%) that is most associated with Saudi Arabia and Egypt
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)