de-Sunnify

English

Etymology

de- +‎ Sunnify

Verb

de-Sunnify (third-person singular simple present de-Sunnifies, present participle de-Sunnifying, simple past and past participle de-Sunnified)

1. (transitive) To deprive of Sunniness; to decrease the Sunni character of.
   • 2010, Nir Rosen, Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World, page 31

     In effect, the state was de-Sunnified. The American- selected Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) was dominated by sectarian and ethnic exile parties that had little support within Iraq, and its Sunni members were especially weak.

   • 2011, Randy Borum, Journal of conflict transformation and security, PDF

     Whether the United States intended to deSunnify Iraq and change the regional balance of power from Sunni to Shia leadership did not matter at this point. Sunnis were now convinced this was the case.

See also

• de-Sunnification