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- rareuncountableFear or hatred of Sunnism and Sunnites.
I address the ideological underpinnings of this 'Sunniphobia' in Chapter 5, as part of the discussion of the structural problems of the US counter-insurgency campaign.
2005, Ahmed Hashim, Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq, Cornell University Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 822 more examples
For all the talk of "Shi'philia" and "Sunniphobia," sectarian manipulation was a secondary, tactical factor for the occupiers, who were most interested in the creation of a new "national" bourgeoisie at massive cost to most Iraqis, including the middle and professional classes.
2008 April 6, Richard Seymour, “The Sadrist Revolt”, in Monthly Review[…] as well as modern mechanisms and instruments for conflict resolution and the fear of the unknown similar to the rising fever of Islamophobia (fear of Islam), Shiaphobia and Sunniphobia in the Western industrialized countries because it did neither sufficiently nor adequately addressed^([sic]) their vital national economic and strategic security interests in the country.
2012 November 7, David de Chand, “The Obstacles, Hurdles, Mechanisms and Instruments for the Implementation of the Cooperation Peace Agreement: A Critical Analysis”, in Sudan Vision
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Sunniphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunniphobia
“Sunniphobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunniphobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sunniphobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunniphobia.
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