pan-Sunnism

English

Etymology

pan- +‎ Sunni +‎ -ism

Noun

pan-Sunnism (uncountable)

1. An ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between the various Sunni madhabs.
   • 1980, Pervaiz Cheema, Conflict and Cooperation in the Indian Ocean:

     Either pan-Shiaism or pan-Sunnism could cause bitter divisions among the Gulf States […]

   • 2000, Andre Raymond, Cairo, page 103:

     […] one school of Sunni law (the Shafi'i in particular) and toward a unified "pan-Sunnism" […]

   • 2007, David Malone, Iraq, page 85:

     In the Iraqi context, pan-Islamism is often understood and pursued as pan-Shiism, pan-Sunnism, or Sunni Salafism and when politicized it usually opens the door […]