Muslims, Sunni
Sunni Islam is practiced by the majority (90 percent) of Muslims, with large communities in western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Caucasus, Central Asia, China, and Southeast Asia....
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Islam: Sunnism
FOUNDED: 632 C.E.RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 15 percent
Overview
Sunnism is the largest branch of Islam, representing more than 80 percent of all Muslims. The word its...
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Baghdad (dpa) - The Iraqi army arrested three suspected members of
the al-Qaeda terrorist network on Sunday in a assault on their
hideout in a town north of Baghdad, securit...
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Abuja (dpa) - Unknown gunmen shot a Sunni Islamic cleric in
Sokoto, Nigeria's north, on Wednesday and fled the scene, but police
refused to say whether the victim had died o...
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One of Sunni Islam's highest authorities stepped into the fray Friday over Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's health by condemning rumormongers as immoral, in another attempt to squash speculation ...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Iraqi Vice President Tarek al-Hashimi said
Thursday that Shiite Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani blessed
the proposed Iraqi "National Pact" after he had...
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Baghdad (dpa) - At least 44 people were killed and 34 injured in a
spate of attacks across Iraq, including insurgents with links to al-
Qaeda, security sources and media rep...
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Iraq's top Shiite cleric called Saturday for Muslim unity and an end to sectarian conflict, his first public statement in months on the worsening security crisis.In statement issued by his office, ...
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Yemeni police arrested three men Saturday suspected of setting fire to a mosque and wounding at least 33 people, six seriously, police said.Attackers locked the doors of the al-Ameriyah Mosque in A...
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Dozens of backers of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party marched in a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad on Thursday to protest the former leader's execution and show support for his fugitive deputy, ...
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More than 30 prominent Islamic clerics from Saudi Arabia on Monday called on Sunni Muslims around the Middle East to support their brethren in Iraq against Shiites and praised the insurgency.The cl...
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Muslims, Sunni
Sunnism
Iraqi army arrests three al-Qaeda suspects
