pan-Sunnism

noun

An ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between the various Sunni madhabs.

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Meanings

nounpan-Sunnism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn ideology that promotes unity and solidarity between the various Sunni madhabs.

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

    1980, Pervaiz Cheema, Conflict and Cooperation in the Indian Ocean
    2 more examples

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

    2000, Andre Raymond, Cairo, page 103

    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 […]

    2007, David Malone, Iraq, page 85

Origin

From pan- + Sunni + -ism.

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

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