anti-Sunnism

== English == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ Sunni +‎ -ism. === Noun === anti-Sunnism (uncountable) Prejudice, discrimination or hostility directed against Sunnis 2013, Raphael Lefevre, Ashes of Hama: The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria - Page 72 the secularism of the Ba'ath and the supposed anti-Sunnism of Hafiz alAssad 2004, Phyllis Jestice, Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia - Page 533 His strident anti-Sunnism roused the Sunnis in Afghanistan to action that eventually led to the overthrow of the Safavid dynasty in 1722 and the coming to power of a Sunni Afghan in Iran. ==== Synonyms ==== Sunniphobia