This is wildly open to individual interpretations, but the term Sunni Jihadist has come to mean by popular media use anyone who is an adherent of orthodox or Sunni Muslim beliefs who participates in Jihadist activities.
According to Islam there are two forms of Jihad:
This second, lesser Jihad has become a topic for current discussions on Islam. Many in the west interpret it as a sort of Crusade against anything that is not Islamic. All recent terrorist activities connected to Islamic factions has come to be labelled Jihadist, and those who perform such acts seem to revel in the application of the label.
Sunni Muslims further identify four forms of the lesser Jihad:
The fourth definition of lesser Jihad has come to be the most common interpretation of the word, and typically is the "go to" definition of most westerners.
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Most of them were Sunni Hanafis.
the kurds are sunni muslim
Sunni obviously
Hey, get real, the attackers were jihadists.
shahid Khan Afridi is sunni. Sunni
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he was Sunni.
Sunni obviously. Original Khan who traces the bloodline to Afghanistan is 200% Hanafi Sunni.
they are Wahhabi that is a sunni sect.
The majority is Sunni.