Sunni Muslims are the
largest denomination of
Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Sunnism or as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة) (people of the example (of Muhammad) and the community) which implies that they are the majority, or Ahl as-Sunnah (
Arabic: أهل السنة ) for short. The word Sunni comes from the word
Sunnah (Arabic : سنة ), which means the words and actions or example of the
Prophet of Islam,
Muhammad. They represent the branch of Islam that accepted the
caliphate of
Abu Bakr due to him being chosen by
Shurah. Shurah over the
caliphate is the first distinguishing factor of Sunni Islam.
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The followers of Sunni Islam make up the vast majority of Moslems, some 80 to 85 percent. Indeed, when people speak about "Islam," or say "Moslems believe..." or "Moslems do...", they are usually referring to Sunni Islam. The basis for the difference between Sunni Islam and
Shiite Islam lies in their beliefs about the successor to Mohammed. Sunnis believe that Mohammed did not appoint a successor, and therefore one had to be appointed by the Moslems themselves. This lead to the establishment of the
Caliphate , a series of men who took over Mohammed's worldly and temporal power, but who made no claim to be Mohammed's spiritual successor.
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