Sunni Islam
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Sunni Muslims (Arabic: أهل السنة) are the largest group of people who follow Islam. They are the branch of Islam that came through the Rashidun Empire, which started with Abu Bakr and ended by Ali ibn Abi Talib. The Sunni denomination, claiming almost 1.1 billion followers, make up about 88% of all Muslims.[1]
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They are referred to as Ahl ul-Sunna (Arabic: أهل السنة); "people of the tradition"). The word Sunni comes from the word sunna (Arabic : سنة ), which means the tradition of the prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Sunnis are also called Ahlu s-Sunna wa-l-Jama'ah (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة) (people of tradition and congregation), meaning that the Sunnis are united.
