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sunni | taliban |

As a noun sunni

is a sunni (person).

As a adjective taliban is

taliban.

sunni

English

(Sunni Islam)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Belonging or relating to to the branch of Islam based on the Qur'an, the Kutub al-Sittah (the hadiths which record the Sunnah]]) and that places emphasis on the [[Sahabi, Sahabah.
    • Are all of your family members Sunnis ?
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    • Coordinate terms

    * Shia

    Noun

  • (countable) A follower of Sunnism.
  • (uncountable) Islam.
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    • Synonyms

    * (person) Sunnite; Bukharist (less common), Hadithist (less common); Bakri (offensive); Sunnist (political); Nasibi (offensive)

    Hypernyms

    * (person) Muslim

    Coordinate terms

    * Shia, Sufi, Ahle Quran, Ahmadi, , Quranist, Mu'tazila, Ibadi, Nation of Islam, Mahdavi, Moorish Scientist, ghair muqallid, Muwahhid

    Derived terms

    *de-Sunnification *Sunnify *Sunnitize *Sunniphobia *Sunniness *Sunnitization *Sunnist *Sunnize *Sunnization *pro-Sunni *Sunnism *Sunnicidal *sunnicide *anti-Sunnism *Sunnitic *Sunnidom *Sunnistan *Sunni belt *un-Sunni *non-Sunni *pan-Sunni *pan-Sunnism *Sunnic *Sunnicentric *inter-Sunni *neo-Sunni

    See also

    * Shi'a * Sunnism * Ahle Hadith

    taliban

    English

    (wikipedia Taliban)

    Alternative forms

    * Taleban

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A Sunni Islamic student movement organized in Afghanistan in 1994 by the radical mullah (w).

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A Taliban militia.
  • * 2005 , Merajuddin Pathan, quoted in Scott Baldauf, “ Taliban coming in from cold”, in The Christian Science Monitor , 2005 April 28:
    • We will deal with the Afghan Taliban' through dialogue. And we will handle the Pakistani ' Taliban with bullets.
  • * 2008', Raza Khan, “ Afghan, Pakistani '''Taliban diverge on goals”, in ''The Washington Times , 2009 November 18:
    • Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans .
  • * 2009', Carlotta Gall, “ Pakistan and Afghan '''Taliban Close Ranks”, in ''The New York Times , 2009 March 27, page A1:
    • The Pakistani Taliban', an offspring of the Afghan ' Taliban , are led by veterans of the fighting in Afghanistan who come from the border regions.
  • A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

    • Derived terms

    * Talibanize * Talibanistan (a region in Pakistan and Afghanistan)

    Related terms

    * Talibanized * Talibanization

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