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| | Search Tuna Report for Sunni Muslims |
 | | Muslim Sects The seeds of schism were planted upon the deathbed of the Prophet Muhammad, when, according to Shi`i tradition, he indicated that Ali be his successor as the leader of Islam.... | | | Sunni Muslims follow the Quran the holy book of Islam and the Sunnah sayings and practices of the Prophet Muhammed, peace be upon him as practiced and understood by the early Muslims the Sahaba, or Companions of the Prophet Muhammed, peace be upon him.... | | | Sunni Sunni Islam revere Ali, but does not hold him up as the only true continuation of the tradition from Muhammad, and has no emphasis on him bringing on a divine light from the Prophet.... |
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http://searchtuna.com/ftlive/2301.html
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| | Welcome to Ethics Daily.com! |
| | Shia Muslims insist Ali was the first of 12 caliphs, all of whom were direct descendents of Muhammad through Ali and Fatima. | | | Sunni means "path" or "way" and refers to Muslims who follow the traditional words and teachings of Muhammad. | | | The Shia-Sunni split took place immediately after Muhammad's death in A.D. Sunni Muslims hold that Ali, Muhammad's cousin and husband of his favorite daughter, Fatima, was the last of the caliphs, or successors to Muhammad (Muslims place the letters pbuh, meaning "praise be upon him," after his name.). |
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http://www.ethicsdaily.com/article_detail.cfm?AID=2180
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| | Sunni Islam |
| | The Sunni tradition is known in Arabic as the Ahl-i Sunnah (the People of Sunnah), a term which according to the earliest classical sources emerged in the ninth century. | | | One of the challenges confronting Muslim scholars was how to determine which of the many thousands of hadith attributed to the Prophet and his companions were authentic. | | | The first major challenge to Islam from within came from the Kharijiyyah, who claimed that good works as well as the profession of faith were necessary to be a true Muslim. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/islam/sunni/geness.html
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| | Muslim unity? Ya Right! Muslims are divided into many splinter groups who kill each other. (Sunni and Shi'a sects) |
| | Muslims traditionally parade the unity of the Islamic world before Christians as a preferable religious organism to the multitudinous churches and sects of Christendom. | | | When discussing the Church with a Muslim it is best to emphasize the basic unity of all Christians in matters of faith and doctrine. | | | The great mass of Muslims, however, form the Sunni sect, ruled over at first by the caliphs of the Umayyad Dynasty reigning in Damascus, and then by the 'Abbasid Dynasty reigning in Baghdad, until the caliphate was taken over by the Turks. |
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http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-myths-divided-into-many-muslim-sects.htm
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| | Sunni Muslims |
| | For that matter, why do Sunnis reject the reliability of the Bible, when we have preserved Bible manuscripts from 100 A.D., 125-175 A.D., and a fragment from about 117-138 A.D. Many Muslims are not even aware of the Bible manuscript evidence. | | | Non-Muslims are typically unaware that most Muslims believe and follow many additional things not found in the Qur’an, but in the collected traditions called hadiths. | | | So if the textual manuscript issues are less significant in the Bible than the Qur’an, and you want to follow traditions, then follow the early and most reliable traditions, and trust God that HE can preserve the meaning of His message. |
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http://www.muslimhope.com/Sunnis.htm
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| | ummah.com forum - View Single Post - Disturbing Pictures of Iranian sunni Muslims tortured by the Iranian |
| | In this way a Sunni Muslim student following his graduation is able to know by heart the names of Shiite religious characters and the contents of their books, but he knows almost nothing about his own religion this is a way a clear example of brainwashing. | | | Even the most prominent Islamic characters have been humiliated in a way that Sunni Muslims Youths could inevitably lose their interest in their religious characters, especially where it concern the successor of the prophet Mohammed (PBUH) In contrast the Shiite religious figures are so bestowed as if they were angles from the heavens. | | | Before mass execution of Sunni Muslims religious leaders in 1996, in Zahadan, for example only about 70 thousands people came to gather for "Aidal fitr" (the Feast day after the fasting month of Ramadhan) pray, whereas following the terror of religious leaders the population was swollen to above 200 thousand people. |
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http://www.ummah.net/forum/showpost.php?p=46955&postcount=5
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| | Restatement of History of Islam and Muslims |
| | Those Muslims who claim that they follow the traditions (the statements and practices) of Muhammad Mustafa, the Prophe of Islam, and of his companions, are called Ahl-es-Sunnat wal-Jama'at or Sunni. | | | Yet to impugn the validity of the system of government under which the Muslims lived was to impugn the orthodoxy of the Islamic umma, a position unacceptable to the Sunni ulema, whose very definition of orthodoxy rested on the precedent and practice of the community. | | | In both West and East, Muslim rulers were willing to have dealings with their new neighbors, and even on occasion to make alliances with them against brother Muslims - as an obligation of the Holy Law - of submitting to tyrants, had little difficulty in extending the argument to include unbelievers. |
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http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/books/restatment/46.htm
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| | What Is the Difference Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims--and Why Does It Matter? |
| | The Sunni branch believes that the first four caliphs--Mohammed's successors--rightfully took his place as the leaders of Muslims. | | | Shiites, in contrast, believe that only the heirs of the fourth caliph, Ali, are the legitimate successors of Mohammed. | | | Not "until the ascendancy of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1978" did they believe that they had once again begun to live under the authority of a legitimate religious figure. |
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http://hnn.us/articles/934.html
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| | Sect: Sunni Muslims |
| | In principle, Sunni Muslims' relationship with God is direct and is not mediated by anything like a priest or rabbi. | | | Sunni Muslims also recognize just four orthodox schools of legal thought. | | | This schools places the primary emphasis on the Hadith as the source of law and rejects later innovations made by other schools, scholars and religious figures. |
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http://www.mylinuxisp.com/~jrlaw/islam/sunni_muslims.htm
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| | Muslims, Islam, and Iraq |
| | Karbala (which according to one etymology offered by the famed Muslim geographer, Yaqut al-Hamawi, is derived from a word meaning "soft earth" [karbalat]) located about 50 miles southwest of Baghdad and the site of Husayn's martyrdom and his shrine, also became a very important Shi'ite center. | | | Fadlallah bans Muslims from collaborating with Americans against Iraq a fatwa (religious edict) issued by the chief Shi'ite leader of Lebanon, Grand Ayatullah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah, on August 12, 2002. | | | Among these mullahs was Shaykh 'Uthman 'Abd al-'Aziz, whom IMIK appointed as their mufti (one who is empowered to make fatwas, which are religiously binding decrees) (UK, "Country Assessment") and who was considered to be the "main spiritual guide" of the movement (Shourush, "Islamic Fundamentalist Movements"). |
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http://www.uga.edu/islam/iraq.html
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| | Nation of Islam Viewed by Sunni Muslims |
| | Nevertheless, it is likely that the Muslim world will look more favorably upon the NOI because of Minister Farrakhan's statements made during the recent July 3-6 international Islamic conference convened by him. | | | The problem with this belief: The true Prophet of Islam ordered Muslims to neither accept the Bible nor reject it - certainly there was no mention of reinterpretation. | | | Among these statements were assertions of the NOI's full embrace of Islam's acceptance of all races and practice of shari'a (Islamic Law) and the sunna (the Islamic way of life as lived by the Prophet Muhammad). |
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http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/NOIvsIslam.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Liberation may trigger Shiite-Sunni violence |
| | Bahar, a Sunni, lives in Baghdad with his wife and five children. | | | Saddam City, an impoverished enclave in Baghdad that is home to more than 2 million Shiite Muslims — nearly half of Baghdad's residents — is surrounded by trenches dug by government loyalists. | | | "If the Sunnis (in Baghdad) help overthrow Saddam, that might be the best of all worlds for the coalition forces," he says. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-03-20-iraq-strife-usat_x.htm
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| | Iraq Leader Reaches Out to Sunni Muslims (phillyBurbs.com) |
| | But now Sunni clerics are urging their followers to register and take part in the October referendum to reject a constitution if the final version is unfavorable to their interests. | | | Al-Samarrai, head of the organization that administers Sunni mosques and shrines, said that if the constitution appears to follow "our Islamic principles, then we will say `Yes.'" | | | Iraq will stay united with Baghdad as the capital." |
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/93-08242005-531833.html
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| | Sunni Muslims in Iran |
| | The harrowing persecution of Sunni Muslims in Iran has continued unabated for decades with the minority of Muslims in the world being blissfully unaware of it. | | | This is not a case of mere tension between the two communities but rather a hard-line repressive policy adopted by the oppressive Shia regime against the minority Sunnis which purports to tell them that there is no place for them in Iran. | | | Most of the 20 million Sunnis living in Iran are completely marginalised and live in deplorable conditions. |
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http://www.islamsa.org.za/arrasheed/ar0303/sunni_muslims_in_iran.htm
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| | Once-Powerful Sunni Muslims May Forgo Vote |
| | Grand Ayatollah Ali al Husseini al-Sistani, their most influential voice, and other imams, tell followers that voting is a religious duty. | | | Otherwise, said al Ezy, "We are saying the election is illegitimate." | | | They urged Sunnis to take part in the elections and sought to dispel fears that they were under the sway of Iran or were trying to establish an Islamic theocracy. |
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/printer_010405B.shtml
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| | What Shi'ites say about Sunni Muslims |
| | Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, what I am going to show you is the truth about what the Shi'ites think of us Sunni Muslims. | | | Don't these Shi'ites know what they are saying?? | | | May Allah Guide the Shi'ites to the True Islam, and May Allah show us what the Shi'ites really are, Ameen. |
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http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/cults/shia_sunni.htm
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| | ABC News: Sunni Muslims Question Iraq Vote Veracity |
| | Large numbers of majority Shiite Muslims and Kurds participated in Sunday's election for a new National Assembly and regional parliaments. | | | Mohammed Bashar al-Faidi, spokesman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, speaks to the media at the Um al-Qura Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005. | | | Iraq's leading Sunni Muslim clerics said Wednesday the landmark Iraqi elections lack legitimacy because large numbers of Sunnis did not participate in the balloting which the clerics had asked them to boycott. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=464758
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| | TheExperiment - U.S. Military Raids Baghdad Mosque Again, Enraging Sunni Muslims |
| | Witnesses said the soldiers emptied a bookshelf of Qur'ans, spilling the holy books across the floor. | | | "This is a humiliation to Muslims across the world. | | | Combined Sunni and Shi'ite prayer services have been held at the Abu Hanifa and other mosques in recent days. |
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http://www.theexperiment.org/articles_printer.php?news_id=2038
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| | Iraq's Sunni Muslims want role in political process - 02/05/05 |
| | "It's my sense that there are a number of people in the Sunni community that are trying to build consensus in that community that... | | | (Often, Sunni Arabs are reluctant to identify themselves as such, framing their words in nationalist rather than religious terms.) In Baratha Mosque, loyal to the Supreme Council, the prayer leader on Friday ridiculed the Association of Muslim Scholars and compared its brand of Islam to "Saddam Hussein's Islam." | | | But the agenda of the Supreme Council, in particular, sits uneasily with many Sunni leaders, who fear it is beholden to neighboring Iran and who recoil at its often explicitly sectarian rhetoric. |
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/nation/0502/05/nation-80295.htm
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| | Gunmen Kill Three Sunni Muslims in Iraq (phillyBurbs.com) |
| | More than 1,000 people also rallied in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, to protest the proposed constitution. | | | "After all, we are one united people whether we are Sunnis or Shiites, Kurds or Arabs," Hazim al-Aaraji, another al-Sadr aide, told the congregation in a Kazimiyah mosque during Friday prayers. | | | Three members of the Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars and a bodyguard were injured, Seri said. |
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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/93-08192005-529856.html
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| | NewsChannel 9 WSYR - Al-Qaida warns Sunni Muslims to avoid likely terror targets |
| | It's urging them to stay away from sites that are likely to be attacked by militants. | | | The statement, which appears on a Web site known for carrying extremist Islamist material, is the first of its kind to be written in both Arabic and English. | | | It advises Sunnis to stay away from Baghdad International Airport as well as government security offices and military patrols. |
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http://www.wixt.com/news/world/story.aspx?content_id=6CA9F560-6331-4E4A-80D4-AB8DE46A293E
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| | Sunni Triangle |
| | The "Sunni Triangle" should not be confused with the so-called "Triangle of Death," an area south of Baghdad inhabited by both Sunni and Shia Muslims which was the focus of major combat activity in November and December 2004. | | | The triangle's three corners are usually said to lie in or around Baghdad (on the east side of the triangle), Ramadi (on the west side) and Tikrit (on the north side); the area also contains the cities of Samarra and Fallujah. | | | It is inhabited mainly by Sunni Muslims of the same ethnicity as former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and most of his Ba'ath Party. |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/S/Sunni-Triangle.htm
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| | Sunni Muslims on the Sidelines As Shiites, Kurds Bargain Over New Iraq |
| | But even that's been stymied by infighting among Sunni politicians and tribal sheikhs, some of whom consider any political engagement, even a veto, a tacit acknowledgement of the government's legitimacy. | | | "A defiant Sunni population would be dangerous," said Mazen al Ramadhani, a political science analyst and professor at Baghdad University. | | | Leaders of the Muslim Scholars Association, an influential group of hard-line clerics that called for a boycott in January, continue to denounce the bargaining over a new government as an American fabrication. |
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http://www.aina.org/news/20050327110113.htm
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| | Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Sunni Muslims carve out new political role |
| | But they make up only 20 percent of Iraq's 25 million people, concentrated in Baghdad and villages to the north and west. | | | Russell reassured the group of elders that he understands their grievances but counseled them to do more to "find the place for Sunnis" in a post-Saddam Iraq. | | | With Saddam Hussein in captivity, some tribal elders from his old power base are showing greater willingness to work with Iraq's American occupiers, realizing they must carve out a new political role for the Sunni Muslim minority that long ruled the country. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2003/12/24/sunni_muslims_carve_out_new_political_role
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| | Gunmen kill 7 Sunni Muslims in Pakistan |
| | Most of Pakistan's 140 million people are Sunni Muslims who have no quarrel with their Shiite Muslim brethren. | | | PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Attackers riddled a bus with gunfire in a remote corner of northwest Pakistan, killing at least seven Sunni Muslims, police said Sunday. | | | The attack Saturday near Parachinar, some 90 miles southwest of Peshawar, was the latest in a bitter and bloody feud between rival Sunni and Shiite Muslims. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001-03-11-pakistan.htm
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| | NewsFromRussia.Com Iraqi elections` surprise: Sunni Muslims are on the outside |
| | The Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, which is on Washington's list of terror groups, claimed responsibility, calling it retribution for a major ongoing military offensive against Islamic gunmen in the restive south More details... | | | Arab Sunni Muslims, who have dominated Iraq for most of its modern history, are now on the outside. | | | Speculation still surrounds the question of who carried out Monday's bombing in downtown Beirut, which killed al-Hariri and at least 12 other people More details... |
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http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/02/15/58265.html
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| | British Sunni Muslims Issue Fatwa Against Terrorism |
| | The Sunni Council issued a fatwa Sunday, saying the July 7 attacks have no Islamic justification. | | | Britain's largest Sunni Muslim group has issued a religious edict condemning the London terrorist bombings calling it part of a perverted ideology. | | | The edict condemns all forms of terrorism and those who carry out such attacks. |
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http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-17-voa32.cfm
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| | Salon.com News The Shiite earthquake |
| | With non-Sunni Muslims poised to take power for the first time, a new Iraq is being born. | | | Flames engulf a car following a car bomb blast Friday in Baghdad, left; and residents of Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City wave posters of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Monday. | | | For the first time in the Arab Middle East, a Shiite majority has come to power. |
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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/02/01/future/index.html
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| | Understanding the Turkey-Kurd Conflict |
| | The majority of Kurds are devout Sunni Muslims. | | | At least 134 teachers have been murdered under Ocalan's orders. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/spot/kurds1.html
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| | Iraq Leader Reaches Out to Sunni Muslims :: The Terrorism Research Center :: |
| | President Jalal Talabani reached out Wednesday to Sunni Muslims who are angry over parts of the draft constitution, saying the charter must be for all Iraqis. | | | In western Baghdad, insurgents attacked Iraqi police patrols with three car bombs and small arms fire, killing at least six people and wounding 21, police said. | | | Iraq Leader Reaches Out to Sunni Muslims :: The Terrorism Research Center :: |
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http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=49169&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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| | NPR : Uncertain Political Future for Iraq's Sunni Muslims |
| | Iraqi negotiators had trouble agreeing on details of a constitution, but it went to a weekend vote. | | | Iraqi leaders decided to delay a vote on the document for three days to allow for more discussions with Sunni representatives. | | | NPR : Uncertain Political Future for Iraq's Sunni Muslims |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4811917&sourceCode=RSS
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| | ISHMAEL: Islam, Muslims, Sunni, Shi'ite, Sufi, Islamic Sects, Levant, Middle East, Arabs |
| | ISHMAEL: Islam, Muslims, Sunni, Shi'ite, Sufi, Islamic Sects, Levant, Middle East, Arabs | | | Unauthorized reproduction of this page will be REPORTED TO YOUR RABBI! |
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