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unusual facts about Sunni Muslims



Chavacano language

A small number of Zamboanga's indigenous peoples, such as the Tausugs, the Samals, and of Basilan such as the Yakans, majority of those people are Sunni Muslims, also speak the language.

Family tree of Shaiba ibn Hashim

Shaiba ibn Hashim was the grandfather of Prophet Muhammad, who was the cousin and father-in-law of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who was the fourth and last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs according to Sunni Muslims and the first Imam according to Shia Muslims.

Hadith of Najd

While all Sunni Muslims accept the group of hadith as authentic, the exact location of the area referred to as "Najd" is disputed.

Jami'a Nooriyya Arabic College

Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College is a religious higher educational institute of Sunni Muslims of Kerala, India, founded by Ahamed Mohiyudheen Noorishah Jeelani.

Khattab ibn Nufayl

He was also the father of Umar ibn al-Khattab, who would later become Muslim and is regarded by Sunni Muslims as the second "Rightly guided Caliph" (Arabic "Rashidun"), thus he was a Sahaba's ancestor.

Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas

Various other Christian churches and communities have also been represented in recent years, as have Shi’a and Sunni Muslims, and Jews students.


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Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan Al-Sahlani

Sadkhan told the Tribunal that this witness had agreed to testify and explain about the animosity between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Afghanistan.

Jawad's lawyers dispute that Jawad should have been held a single day, because he was a political refugee from Iraq and a Shi'a Muslim – whereas the Taliban and al-Qaeda were Sunni Muslims.

Kufr Khall

The inhabitants are all Sunni Muslims, there are three principal mosques in Kufr Khall, an old, now restored, eastern mosque, a western mosque built in 1984 (al Hajj Abdallah Mosque) and a new mosque named Abu Bakr as- Siddiq.

The Five Martyrs

The Five Martyrs of Shia Islam: five Shia Muslims executed by Sunni Muslims in different periods.

Victory Arch

It has been suggested that this was an allusion to the slain Shiite martyr Hussein, killed in Karbala in AD 680, whose death caused the rift between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.