Sunni Islam

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Countries with more than 5% Muslims. Sunnis in shades of green, Shiites in shades of red. Some Islamic movements may be under-represented,

Sunni Islam (Arabic: أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِcode: ar is deprecated ) is the largest branch of Islam and came through the Rashidun Empire, which started with Abu Bakr and ended by Ali ibn Abi Talib. Sunni beliefs are based on the Qur'an and the Kutub al-Sittah. Sunnis make up around 90% of the world's Muslim population. With approximately 1.8 billion followers, it is the largest religious denomination of any religion in the world. Catholicism is the second-largest religious denomination in the world. There are four sub-groups (madh'habs) of Sunni Islam; Hanbalis, Malikis, Shafi'is and Hanafis.

Adherents of Sunni Islam are Sunnis or Sunnites. The word Sunni comes from the word sunna (سَنَةٌcode: ar is deprecated ), which means the tradition of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Sunnis are also called ahl as-Sunnah wa l-Jamāʻah (Arabic: أَهْلُ السُّنَّةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِcode: ar is deprecated ), which means people of tradition and congregation and means that the Sunnis are united.

Sunni Islam Media

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  Masjid al-Haram, the home of the Kaaba, in Mecca is the largest and most important mosque in the world.

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  Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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  The Great Mosque of Kairouan (also known as the Mosque of Uqba) in the city of Kairouan, Tunisia, was, particularly from the 9th to 11th century, an important center of Islamic learning with an emphasis on the Maliki Madh'hab.

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  Historic Quran of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

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  Ahmed el-Tayeb, Great-Imam of Azhar, was one of the most important participants of the Sunni-conference in Grozny, distanced himself from the declaration

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• Shia Islam
• Uthmaniyya
• Sunnah
• Non-denominational Muslims

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