neo-Sunni

adjective

Pertaining to reinterpreted forms of Sunnism

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Meanings

adjectiveneo-Sunni (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to reinterpreted forms of Sunnism

    As noted, alShawkani was the most influential member of the neo Sunni school that arose in Zaydi Yaman

    2013, Farhad Daftary, A history of Shi'ism
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    Warith probably over-stated the success of Farrakhan's sectlet in attracting the nationalist Black public at the expense of his integralist neo-Sunni Black Muslim core

    1994, Quarterly Journal, Pakistan Historical Society

    […] neo-Sunni Blacks who graduated from Warith's post-1975 sect into a drive to achieve comprehensive Islamic law […]

    1999, The Middle East, page 305

Origin

From neo- + Sunni.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with neo-Sunni

Sunni
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APA

neo-Sunni. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neo-Sunni

MLA

“neo-Sunni.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neo-Sunni. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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