Sunni vs Taliban - What's the difference?
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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.
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(countable) A follower of Sunnism.
(uncountable) Islam.
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A Sunni Islamic student movement organized in Afghanistan in 1994 by the radical mullah (w).
A Taliban militia.
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A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.
As a noun sunni
is a sunni (person).As a adjective taliban is
taliban.sunni
English
(Sunni Islam)Adjective
(en adjective)- Are all of your family members Sunnis ?
Coordinate terms
* ShiaNoun
Synonyms
* (person) Sunnite; Bukharist (less common), Hadithist (less common); Bakri (offensive); Sunnist (political); Nasibi (offensive)Hypernyms
* (person) MuslimCoordinate terms
* Shia, Sufi, Ahle Quran, Ahmadi, , Quranist, Mu'tazila, Ibadi, Nation of Islam, Mahdavi, Moorish Scientist, ghair muqallid, MuwahhidDerived 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-SunniSee also
* Shi'a * Sunnism * Ahle Hadithtaliban
English
(wikipedia Taliban)Alternative forms
* TalebanProper noun
(en proper noun)Noun
(en-noun)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.
Afghan, Pakistani '''Talibandiverge on goals”, in ''The Washington Times , 2009 November 18:
- Not everyone accepts the premise of a complete rupture between the two Talibans .
Pakistan and Afghan '''TalibanClose 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.