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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a branch of islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of muhammad | 33 sets | |
| 2 | a member of the branch of islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to muhammad | 32 sets | |
| 3 | one of the two main branches of orthodox islam | 30 sets | |
| 4 | a follower of the majority branch of islam, which feels that successors to muhammad are to be chosen by the muslim community | 10 sets | |
| 5 | a group of muslims who accepted the changing dynasties of the muslim empire during the eighth century | 8 sets | |
| 6 | a group of islamic religion that believes that its religious leader should be elected based on merit. | 6 sets | |
| 7 | the branch of islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of muhammad. | 4 sets | |
| 8 | the vast majority (95 percent) of muslims worldwide. in iraq, they are the minority. | 4 sets | |
| 9 | branch of islam in which muslims believe prophet muhammad's father-in-law abu bakr was the rightful leader after prophet muhammad's death | 4 sets | |
| 10 | followers of muhammad's example | 3 sets | |
| 11 | a group of muslims who accepted the changing dynasties of the muslim empire during the eighth century. | 3 sets | |
| 12 | the division of islam practiced by most muslims, named after the sunna | 3 sets | |
| 13 | people who beleived that any good muslim can be the caliph | 3 sets | |
| 14 | group that believes that the four caliphs were rightly guided following muhammed's example | 3 sets | |
| 15 | adherent to the largest brach of islam | 3 sets | |
| 16 | the largest branch of islam | 3 sets | |
| 17 | the vast majority (95 percent) of muslims worldwide. in iraq, the sunni are the minority. | 3 sets | |
| 18 | type of muslim | 2 sets | |
| 19 | a type of muslim | 2 sets | |
| 20 | eighty percent of muslims | 2 sets | |
| 21 | the branch of islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors of muhammad. | 2 sets | |
| 22 | were followers of muhammad's example. they did not outwardly resist the rule of the umayyads. they believed that the first four caliphs were "rightly-guided" and that muslim rulers should follow muhammad's example. they also claim that the shi'a have a distorted image of the qur'an. sunni muslims make up 83% of muslims today. they are all over the world and first began during the fundamental division during the umayyad rule. | 2 sets | |
| 23 | muhammad's example | 2 sets | |
| 24 | a member of one of the largest muslim sects; believe that inspiration came from the example of muhammad as recorded by his early followers | 2 sets | |
| 25 | muslims who want to "elect" any capable muslim to rule over them | 2 sets | |
| 26 | group of people who believed the caliphs did not have to be a descendant of muhammad | 2 sets | |
| 27 | largest branch of islam | 2 sets | |
| 28 | the branch of islam that follows orthodox tradition and accepts the validity of the first four caliphs elected as successors to muhammad | 2 sets | |
| 29 | the largest branch of islam. | 2 sets | |
| 30 | believes the ruler of the muslims should be voted for. | 2 sets | |
| 31 | which group of muslims accepted muawiyah? | 2 sets | |
| 32 | the majority branch of islam, which holds that genuine succession from muhammad did not depend on hereditary descent from his son-in-law ali | 2 sets | |
| 33 | muslims who believed caliphs did not have to be related to muhammad | 2 sets | |
| 34 | the branch of islam that follows orthodox tradition and accepts the validity for the first four caliphs elected as successors | 2 sets | |
| 35 | those who did not resist the changes made by the umayyads are known by what name meaning "followers of muhammad's example"? | 2 sets | |
| 36 | mainstream islam | 2 sets | |
| 37 | one of two main divisions of islam | 2 sets | |
| 38 | the most important of the muslim groups | 2 sets | |
| 39 | also called sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of islam. majority of muslims are sunni | 2 sets | |
| 40 | the majority group of muslims; 87-89% of believers worldwide; do not believe in the necessity of a descendant of muhammad as a leader | 2 sets | |