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Sunnite   Listen
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Sunnite  n.  One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.






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"Sunnite" Quotes from Famous Books



... Moslem sects are as numerous as those of Christians. The Dabistan mentions seventy-three. The two main divisions are into Sunnites and Shyites. The Persians are mostly Shyites, and refuse to receive the Sunnite traditions. They accept Ali, and denounce Omar. Terrible wars and cruelties have taken place between these sects. Only a few of the Sunnite doctors acknowledge the Shyites to be Moslems. They have a saying, "to destroy a Shyite is more acceptable than to ...
— Ten Great Religions - An Essay in Comparative Theology • James Freeman Clarke



Words linked to "Sunnite" :   Moslem, Sunni, Sunni Islam



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