The Sunni position advocates all of the following except:
a. the umma is a theocratic entity.
b. the caliph is the absolute temporal and spiritual leader.
c. a person who professes to be a Muslim by supporting Muslim tenets cannot be excluded from the umma automatically by even a mortal sin.
d. the umma is a state under the authority first of the precedent of the Prophet and Qu'ran and second by the consensus of Muslims.
b
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