1. Sunni - Noun
2. Sunni - Adjective
3. Sunni - Proper noun
Sunni (comparative more Sunni, superlative most Sunni)
Belonging or relating to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah) and that places emphasis on the Sahabah.
Synonyms: Sunnite, Sunnitic
Coordinate term: Shi'i
Sunni (plural Sunnis)
A follower of Sunni Islam.
Synonyms: Sunnite, (less common) Bukharist, (less common) Hadithist, (offensive) Bakri, (political) Sunnist, (offensive) Nasibi
Hypernym: Muslim
Coordinate terms: Shi'i, Sufi, Ahle Quran, Ahmadi, 5 percenter, Quranist, Mu'tazila, Ibadi, Nation of Islam, Mahdavi, Moorish Scientist, ghair muqallid, Muwahhid
Sunni
Ellipsis of Sunni Islam.
I won't be a party to a conspiracy to mobilize the Arabs against the Persians. Only the forces of colonialism benefit from such a conspiracy. I won't be a party to a conspiracy that splits Islam into two - Shiite Islam and Sunni Islam – mobilizing Sunni Islam against Shiite Islam. Muammar Gaddafi
I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agnostic suicide bombers attack crowded atheist pubs. Simon Hoggart
So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind. William Odom
...The battle against the Sunnis - Sunni extremists - some of them Saddamists, some of there are al Qaeda, but all of them aiming to try to drive the United States out of Iraq before the job is done. George W. Bush
But the fall of Ramadi has galvanized the Iraqi government. So, with the additional steps I ordered last month, we're speeding up training of ISIL forces, including volunteers from Sunni tribes in Anbar Province. Barack Obama
Sunni and Shia are the main schools in Islam, like Protestant and Catholic. ... When you debate with the other school you don't use vile language or other terms against their respective leaders. Ammar Nakshawani