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anti-Sunni en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + Sunni.

Meanings

1. Opposed to Sunnis or Sunnism.
   • Are these Shia bad guys, militia-types, anti-Sunni? 2012, Eamon Kolarity, The Book on Joshua: Love at War in Iraq, page 546:
   • In multiple interviews the International Crisis Group found that “Iraqis relate countless stories of anti-Sunni violence by Security forces despite a nearby U.S. presence […] 2012, Rogers Smith, Varieties of Sovereignty and Citizenship, page 88:
   • Two days after his resignation from the CIA unit in charge of fomenting anti-Sunni sentiments among the Shia community […] 2013, Ali Alizadeh, Transactions:

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