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Sunni Islam ( / ˈsuːni, ˈsʊni /) is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world. Its name comes from the word Sunnah, referring to the tradition of Muhammad. [ 1][ 2] The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over ...
The works of Ibn Khordadbeh (c. 870) and Jayhani (c. 910s) were at the basis of a new Perso-Arab tradition in Persia and Central Asia. [10] The exact relationship between the books of Khordadbeh and Jayhani is unknown, because the two books had the same title, have often been mixed up, and Jayhani's book has been lost, so that it can only be approximately reconstructed from the works of other ...
The Sunni Triangle is a densely populated region of Iraq to the north and west of Baghdad inhabited mostly by Sunni Muslim Arabs. [ 1] The roughly triangular area's points are usually said to lie near Baghdad (the southeast point), Ramadi (the southwest point) and Tikrit (the north point). Each side is approximately 125 kilometers (80 miles) long.
Masjid Al-Aqsa ("the Farthest Mosque"), also known as the "Al Aqsa compound", is a holy site in Shia and Sunni Islam and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem, and is widely regarded by Jews as the Temple Mount, the site of the Holy Temple. It includes the Qibli mosque and the Dome of the Rock. It is the third holiest site in Islam.
Legal. Sunnitization was enforced and strengthened through laws, policies, bans, and fatwas . During the 16th century, efforts led by figures like Ebussuud Efendi, an Ottoman Hanafi Maturidi jurist and Shayk al-Islam of Ottoman Empire from 1545 to 1574, aimed to reconcile Ottoman sultanic laws ( kanun) with shari’a principles by embedding the ...
Al-Baqi Cemetery. Jannat al-Baqī ( Arabic: ٱلْبَقِيْع, "The Baqi'", Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.ba.ɡiːʕ, al.ba.qiːʕ]) is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of Medina [ 1] located in the Hejazi [ 2] region of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad ( Arabic: بَقِيْع الْغَرْقَد ...
Within Sunni Islam, the mosque is affiliated with Sufism [235] and the Barelvi movement. [236] In Norway, the WIM established another large mosque named, Jam-e-Mosque in Oslo, Norway in 1980. The mosque in Åkebergveien is the headquarters of World Islamic Mission, one of the biggest Muslim congregations in Norway. It is second largest mosque ...
Islam portal. v. t. e. Uthman ibn Affan ( Arabic: عُثْمَان بْن عَفَّان, romanized :ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān; c.573 or 576 – 17 June 656) was the third caliph, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. Uthman, a second cousin, son-in-law, and notable companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, played a major role in early ...