Sunnis
Sunni Islam () is the largest denomination of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word Sunnah, referring to the behaviour of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over the succession to Muhammad and subsequently acquired broader political significance, as well as theological and juridical dimensions. According to Sunni traditions, Muhammad designated Abu Bakr as his successor (the first caliph). This contrasts with the Shia view, which holds that Muhammad announced his son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor. Political tensions between Sunnis and Shias …
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Cato Institute · 2 April 2024 English
Impelled by an overwhelming desire to hunt down those who were responsible for the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the United States launched military invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, where …
that fully 99 percent of Shiites and 95 percent of Sunnis expressed opposition to ISIS. Peopleʼs spines …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 19 March 2024 English
For instance, ICPVTR lent its expertise to the creation of the Afghan research outfit, the Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS), in 2006, and to the development of a …
terrorist fighters (FTFs). Through IS’ call for Sunnis to pledge allegiance (bai’ah) to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi …
SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 5 March 2024 German
Remarks of the President of the General Assembly at the General Assembly Plenary Meeting on the Use of the Veto UNISPAL, 04.03.2024, ca. [...] Abstract und Download für SWP: On …
Al-Khamis Labels Shi'ites Unbelievers, Sharply Dividing Sunnis And Shi'ites On Social Media MEMRI, 01.03.2024 … -labels-shiites-unbelie- vers-sharply-dividing-sunnis Zurück zum Inhaltsverzeichnis > Katar Will There … is-labels-shiites-unbelievers-sharply-dividing-sunnis https://www.memri.org/reports/kuwaiti-salafi-s … is-labels-shiites-unbelievers-sharply-dividing-sunnis https://www.memri.org/reports/will-there-be-us …
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs · 29 February 2024 English
Hezbollah, the armed actor in control of the southern suburbs at the end of the war, was allied with Syria, the enforcer of the postwar peace in Lebanon. [...] In …
was concentrated, one respondent estimates that Sunnis had about 450 votes out of the roughly 3,000 prewar …
Heritage Foundation · 30 January 2024 English
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(es- resilient. It has curried favor with other Sunnis in pecially its investment in nuclear weapons); … East is a critical component of the Islam between Sunnis and Shias—a friction that global economy. It accounts … outside the scope of the GTI’s defi- with other Sunnis in areas of strategic importance nition of terrorism …
Heritage Foundation · 30 January 2024 English
This is part of a speed up the development of unmanned, intel- broader pattern of destabilization and coercive ligence combat capabilities, and promote the PRC behavior that stretches across the …
outside the scope of the GTI’s defi- with other Sunnis in areas of strategic importance nition of terrorism …
AFA: Arab Forum For Alternatives · 9 January 2024 English
The same applies to Tunisia with the eruption of the Mine Basin uprising in Gafsa in 2008, in Syria with the protests known as the Damascus Spring in 2000, and …
particularly demonstrated in the Syrian case between Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Kurds, and Muslims and Christians …
Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies · 19 December 2023 English
How the Gaza Crisis Could Bring Iran and Al-Qaeda in Yemen Together How the Gaza Crisis Could Bring Iran and Al-Qaeda in Yemen Together By: Assim al-Sabri December 11, 2023 …
(Iranian-backed) Popular Mobilization Forces against Sunnis in Syria and Iraq.” 5 HOW THE GAZA CRISIS COULD …
ELIAMEP: Hellenic Foundation For European and Foreign Policy · 16 December 2023 Modern Greek
However, this experiment took place because of the stalemate between the European Commission, the Council of the EU, and the European Parliament, regarding the aims of the CoFoE. [...] These …
since ‘Bay’ is generally used for non-Turks, non-Sunnis and for converts. The other (non-)Muslims? Known … those groups that did not want to become Turkish Sunnis had little scope for demanding recognition for … percent, the Alevis are still subsumed into it as Sunnis, whereas they are in actual fact by far the largest … slipstream of the Kurds (the majority of whom are Sunnis of the Shafite school), Alevis have begun to organize … same room was grounds enough for scepticism. Some Sunnis will not accept food or drinks prepared by Alevis …
UN: The United Nations · 4 December 2023 English
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of the Islamic Republic of Iran is Shia Islam. Sunnis and Shiites have historical differences and have …
