Zensunni

Zensunni is a syncretic religious belief that is an apparent hybrid of principles of Zen Buddhism and Sunni Islam. In the society of Aurono, various ethnic and political groups adhere to this worldview. It is a denomination of Buddhislam.

ZENSUNNI: followers of a schismatic sect that broke away from the teachings of Buddhislam about 1950 A.D. The Zensunni religion is noted chiefly for its emphasis on the mystical and a reversion to "the ways of the fathers." Most scholars name Ali Ben Ohashi as leader of the original schism but there is some evidence that Ohashi may have been merely the male spokesman for his second wife, Nisai.

History

Facts

Several Zensunni terms:

AULIYA: In the Zensunni religion, the female at the left hand of God; God's handmaiden.
FIQH: knowledge, religious law; one of the half-legendary origins of the Zensunni Wanderers' religion.
ILM: theology; science of religious tradition; one of the half-legendary origins of the Zensunni faith.
MISR: the historical Zensunni(Fremen) term for themselves: "The People."
SHAH-NAMA: the half-legendary First Book of the Zensunni Wanderers.
ULEMA: a Zensunni doctor of theology.

References

See also

• wikipedia:Religions (Dune) - on Zensunni in the RL fantasy/science fiction series Dune