How to Use Sunni in a Sentence

Sunni

noun
Definition of Sunninext
  • The region where the attack took place is known for conflict between Sunni and Shia sects of Islam.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • The Taliban also insists that the Sunni Hanafi school of thought should form the legal basis for the negotiations.
    — Ehsanullah Amiri, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020
  • As a Sunni Islamist group, Hamas has had an even looser relationship with Iran.
    — Joost Hiltermann, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Though a small number of Uyghur people are Christian, most practice Sunni Islam.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Officer Masood Syed, a Sunni Muslim who had been suspended for refusing to trim his one-inch beard to 1 mm.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Yazid, having subjected the living descendants of the Prophet Muhammad to days of heat and thirst, slaughtered them in a massacre that traumatized Sunni and Shiite alike.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • As friction with the government grew, a series of guerrilla wars with the national army were fought, as well as a brief border conflict with Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia, according to Reuters.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Lebanon’s complex political system means the presidency is usually given to a Christian, while the prime minister is a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament a Shiite.
    — Dana Khraiche, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023
  • In particular, Ankara’s approval of the governance structure that emerges will bolster its popular legitimacy in the Sunni Muslim world.
    — Asli Aydintasbas, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2024
  • Katz alleges that Hamas’ social media activity has been effective in cultivating rare support across disparate radical Islamist groups around the world, whether Sunni or Shia.
    — Darren Loucaides, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Conservative Sunni Muslim countries often see the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, as the bulwark against Western secularization.
    — Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 25 July 2023
  • The Tehran regime has many internal enemies, including Sunni Islamist groups that specialize in mass-casualty attacks.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
  • This rhetoric now holds fresh appeal for regional audiences who were otherwise unsympathetic toward a Shiite theocracy and gives Iran a convenient opportunity to shame its Sunni Arab rivals.
    — Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024

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