Definition of "Sunni"

I therefore strongly advocate the formation of a local capital but not at Hillah, which is too Sunni and near Baghdad

2001, H. E. Wingate, edited by Alan de Lacy Rush and Jane Priestland, Records of Iraq, 1914-1966‎, volume 2, page 181

members […] came to view themselves collectively as the righteous descendants of Husayn confronting an evil and fundamentally alien ruler: a shah more Zoroastrian than Muslim, more Sunni than Shi'i, more Arab than Iranian, more Yazid than Husayn.

1992, Bruce Lincoln, Discourse and the Construction of Society‎, page 36

Many Shias who had become more Sunni in their religious practices reverted back to their original sect.

2012, Eamon Murphy, The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan: Historical and social roots ...‎, page 98

In Islam, Sunni is a more triumphant version of the faith than Shia, which stresses the importance of suffering, following the founder Ali, who was persecuted.

1998, Geert H. Hofstede, Masculinity and Femininity: The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures‎, page 205

Sunni has four schools of Islamic doctrine and law — Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali — which uniquely interpret the Hadith, or recorded oral traditions of Muhammad.

2009, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA World Factbook 2010‎, page xxviii

Sunni is the mainstream religion, based in Mecca, and is generally more moderate.

2008, John Richard Thackrah, Routledge Companion to Military Conflict since 1945‎, page 129