They adhered to Sunnism and maintained themselves in the region southeast of the Caspian Sea. |
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Even within the various schools of Sunnism and the sects of Shiism, there is a plurality of outlook and practice. |
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But other strains of Sunnism have been less tolerant. The puritan revival known as Wahhabism has, since its beginnings in Saudi Arabia, been particularly hostile to Shiism. |
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Being a bastion of arch-conservative Sunnism, the kingdom has been seen as acting simply as a patron of Lebanon's Sunni minority rather than as a neutral arbiter. |
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Ṭoghrıl I had proclaimed himself sultan at Neyshābūr in 1038 and had espoused strict Sunnism, by which he gained the caliph's confidence and undermined the Būyid position in Baghdad. |
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Despite the differences between Sunnism and Shiism, the religious authorities of Tehran have redoubled their efforts to develop an inter-Islamic rapprochement. |
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In Iraq, Ottoman rule represented the victory of Sunnism. |
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This reflects, in part, disillusionment with the Saudi-influenced version of Sunnism espoused by al-Qaeda, many of whose suicide bombers in Iraq hailed from across the Saudi border. |
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He was recognised as the king of a sovereign nation-state by the UN, and as hief of the Senussi Order, a moderate Sufi movement in Sunnism called al-Senussiyah. |
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