Sunnites

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Sunnites

Muslims who believe that the first four caliphs who came after Muhammad were the legitimate successors.
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Mieux encore, sunnites et chiites partagent des fois le mUuo"me fae1/4aotour dans un esprit convivial.
Furthermore, in this vein, some decision makers in the West believe that the Syrian opposition, currently grouping factions of hardline Islamic ideologies, "is worse than the regime." Additionally, some "strategic quarters" in the US have been promoting the idea of dividing Syria into three entities, one controlled by the Sunnites, the other by the Kurds and the third by Alawites.
Outre ces massacres contre des sunnites, l'Etat islamique mene egalement une campagne contre les populations chiites.
Les ogres nous devorent chaque jour Notre plaie devient plus profonde Notre terre devient plus saignante Et les conferences de presse plus bavardes Les chiites tuent les sunnites Le Knesset jouit Les sunnites tuent les chiites La maison blanche se rejouit Mais nous subsisterons Car tu es belle Nous continuerons a danser Nous continuerons a chanter Nous continuerons a lutter Nous continuerons a marcher Vers le paradis Tu nous donneras la chaleur Tu nous donneras la force Et nous arriverons !
Le conflit entre sunnites et chiites qui secoue le monde arabe gagne le Yemen oE les tensions entre les fondamentalistes sunnites et les rebelles chiites zaidites tournent a la guerre pour le controle des mosquees a San.
And if the government "isn't managing to convince the Iraqi Sunnites that ...
"Creating rift and discord is the main target of the foreign enemies," member of Iran's Experts Assembly Molavi Nazir Ahmad Salami told FNA on Saturday."Obedience to the Supreme Leader of the Revolution (Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei) is the best way to establish unity between the two Shiites and Sunnites," Salami reiterated.Also, Sheikh Abdulkarim Mohammadi, a Sunni scholar from the southern province of Hormozgan, said that the Iranian government is playing a main and vital role in creating unity among people.
Mais les violences meurtriE res, les tireurs embusquE[umlaut]s sur les toits et les combats entre sunnites et chiites de ces derniers jours ont rE[umlaut]veillE[umlaut] les dE[umlaut]mons de la guerre civile dans ce pays en proie Ea une grave crise politique.
The demand for al-Kashshaf remained high, despite vehement attacks on it by influential Sunnites such as Ibn Taymiya and Ibn Hajar, and today libraries around the world contain hundreds of manuscripts and many printed editions of the work.
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