anti-Sunnite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ Sunnite

Noun[edit]

anti-Sunnite (plural anti-Sunnites)

  1. Someone who opposes or dislikes Sunnis.
    • 1997, Islam and the Modern Age, volume 28, page 16:
      Now the question is whether this madrasah-building movement among the Sunni was meant only to check the growing Shi'i and Mu'tazili influences and turn the table on the anti-Sunnites.