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Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest denomination of Islam, followed by 87–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
The Muslim Brotherhood is not concerned with theological differences, accepting both, Muslims of any of the four Sunni schools of thought, and Shi'a Muslims. It is the world's oldest and largest Islamist group. Its aims are to re-establish the Caliphate and in the meantime, push for more Islamisation of society.
Sunni Muslims are the vast majority of Muslims in most Muslim communities in Central Asia (including China), Europe (including Russia and the Balkans), South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Arab World, Turkey and among Muslims in the United States. Shia Muslims make up approximately 10–13% of the world Muslim population. [9]
Because a large part of its population is Sunni Muslims, the city is the traditional bastion of conservative Sunnis in Lebanon. [10] [11] [12] Sunnis represent 27% of Lebanon's entire population. [13] [14] Because it is a Sunni stronghold, all major currents of Lebanese Sunni Islamism have been centered in Tripoli. [15]
The four Sunni Imams founded the four madhhab (schools of thought) recognized in Sunni Islam. While they agree on the foundational principles of fiqh according to the Sunni narrative, their interpretations of certain legal and practical matters differ, which led to the development of the four distinct madhhab.
The attack took place at the Imam Ali mosque, according to video obtained by Reuters and geolocated by CNN, during Ashura, the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, which holds particular ...
Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam by nationality (22 C) A. Afghan Sunni Muslims (5 C, 41 P) Albanian Sunni Muslims (4 C, 25 P) Algerian Sunni Muslims (5 C, 6 P)
South Asia has the largest population of Muslims in the world, with about one-third of all Muslims being from South Asia. [22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million ...