neo-Sunni

neo-Sunni

English

Etymology

neo- +‎ Sunni

Adjective

neo-Sunni (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to reinterpreted forms of Sunnism
   • 2013, Farhad Daftary, A history of Shi'ism,

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

   • 1994, Quarterly Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society

     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

   • 1999, The Middle East, p 305

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