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pan-Sunnism

pan-Sunnism noun: an ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between the various Sunni madhabs.

Noun

pan-Sunnism (uncountable)

  1. An ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between the various Sunni madhabs.
    • Either pan-Shiaism or pan-Sunnism could cause bitter divisions among the Gulf States […]1980, Pervaiz Cheema, Conflict and Cooperation in the Indian Ocean
    • […] one school of Sunni law (the Shafi'i in particular) and toward a unified "pan-Sunnism" […]2000, Andre Raymond, Cairo, page 103

Origin of pan-Sunnism

From pan- + Sunni + -ism.

Questions about pan-Sunnism

What does pan-Sunnism mean?
Pan-Sunnism means an ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between the various Sunni madhabs.
What part of speech is pan-Sunnism?
Pan-Sunnism is a noun.

Words near pan-Sunnism in the dictionary

  1. pan-socialist
  2. pan-Somalism
  3. pan-Soviet
  4. Pan-STARRS
  5. pan-Sunni
  6. pan-Sunnism
  7. Pan-Syrianism
  8. pan-theism
  9. pan-theisms
  10. pan-theist
  11. pan-theists

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