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...and three of whom died by assassination. Ali is regarded by Sunni Muslims as the last of the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs and ...
...s agreement, known as the 'Am al-Jama'ah (Year of Unity) by Sunni historians, effectively ended the First Fitna and inaugurat...
...hura with mourning, fasting, and commemorative rituals. For Sunni Muslims, Husayn remains a beloved martyr and a symbol of st...
...is steadfast resistance became a landmark in the history of Sunni Islam. The Mihna finally ended under Caliph al-Mutawakkil, ...
... honored Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and ordered the teaching of Sunni theology throughout his domains. He also banned innovations...
...ad and seized control of the Abbasid caliphate, leaving the Sunni caliph as a ceremonial figurehead. This marked one of the m...
...tary protector of the caliphate. The Seljuks were committed Sunni Muslims who actively promoted Ahl us-Sunnah theology and sp...
...The Nizamiyyah network across many cities institutionalized Sunni learning and formed a bulwark against Ismaili Fatimid influ...
...trophe of that fall and the urgent need to revive authentic Sunni scholarship.
...ia teaching, deliberately established as a rival to Abbasid Sunni institutions. After Salah al-Din (Saladin) overthrew the Fa...
...the Abbasid Caliphate which had been the symbolic centre of Sunni Islam for five centuries. Hulagu Khan's force of approximat...
... as the state religion, forcibly converting a predominantly Sunni population and executing those who refused. Sultan Selim I,...
...nant power of the eastern Mediterranean and the defender of Sunni Islam in its darkest hour.
...il Caliph al-Mutawakkil ended it, restoring the traditional Sunni position.
...It is considered the most authentic book after the Quran by Sunni scholars.
...69 CE. Despite being Shia, the Fatimids generally tolerated Sunni scholarship and built al-Azhar mosque (later a Sunni instit...
...dle path that used rational arguments to defend traditional Sunni beliefs. The Ash'ari school became the dominant theological...
...mpire. His major work Kitab al-Tawhid systematized orthodox Sunni theology using rational methodology.
... one of the world's oldest universities. Transformed into a Sunni institution by Salah ad-Din, it remains the most prestigiou...
...est continuously operating universities in the world. Under Sunni rule, it became the preeminent center of Sunni scholarship,...
...ltan' and 'King of the East and West.' The Seljuks restored Sunni authority over Baghdad and became champions of orthodoxy.
...gy, and spirituality. He is credited with reviving orthodox Sunni scholarship.
...osing the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The Ayyubids restored Sunni governance and successfully defended Muslim lands against t...
...dicine made him one of the most widely read scholars in the Sunni tradition. He beautifully combined scholarly rigor with spi...
...thir is the most widely read commentary on the Quran in the Sunni world, known for its use of hadith to explain Quranic verse...
..., establishing the Ottoman-Safavid border and deepening the Sunni-Shia political divide.