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Sunnism
Variant of Sunnite
noun
a member of one of the two great sects of Muslims: Sunnites approve the historical order of the first four caliphs as the rightful line of succession to Mohammed and accept the Sunna as an authoritative supplement to the Koran
Related Forms:
- Sunnism noun
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