أشياع / أسنان
English translation: Shiites of the Sunna/Sunnites of the Shia
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|  Selected response from: Mohamed Rehan Local time: 13:28 | ||||
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| 5 +1 | adherents.advocates.followers |
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| 4 | Shiites of the Sunna/Sunnites of the Shia |
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| 3 | herds and tusks |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1adherents.advocates.followers Explanation: you are right, both words mean to say one of the 3 above words: adherents ; advocates ; followers, but the author played on words. |
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20 hrs confidence: 
Shiites of the Sunna/Sunnites of the Shia Explanation: I believe the researcher needs to introduce an idea by using two opposite doctrines. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 hrs (2015-03-04 12:03:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This is a play on words as you said. It is like saying: Protestants of the Catholicism and Catholics of the Protestantism |
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1 day 12 hrs confidence:
| أشياع وأسنان herds and tusks Explanation: This is a suggested translation, not formal. أشياع السنة وأسنان الشيعة The Sunni Herds and Shia Tusks He's playing on 'plural nouns': أشياع: جمع شِيَع، فِرَق، جماعات أسنان: جمع سن، ويقصد أنياب يريد أن يقول إنّ السنّة في بلده تفرّقوا إلى جماعات وشِيَع وفِرَق تابعة، وإنّ الشيعة تسنّنوا أي برزت لهم أسنان حادّة العنوان مُخادِع للوهلة الأولى للفت النظر، وكأنه يوحي بأن الشيعة سنّة والسنّة شيعة، لكن مراده أن يهين الاثنين بقوله إن السنّة على سبيل المثال، وحسب منظوره، صاروا مجرّد رهط أو قطيع والشيعة صاروا بأنياب ضارية ويبشّرهم بفتنة، لن تقع هنا شرح: http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/170692 http://www.beirutletter.org/index.php?page=culture&id=26&act... |
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