Sunnah (Ø³ÙØ© [Ësunna] , plural Ø³ÙÙ sunan [Ësunan]) is an Arabic word that means habit or usual practice. Sunni Muslims are also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa'l-JamÄ'ah (people of the tradition and the community (of Muhammad)) or Ahl as-Sunnah for short.
Townshend Acts. Introduction. A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.
1 The Townshend Acts were not the first taxes levied on the American colonist by the British. 2  The Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 came first.3  The Stamp Act was especially unpopular and was repealed in March of 1766. The Revenue Act of 1767 - this act, by itself, is often referred to as the Townshend Act. 2  This law taxed tea, paper, paint, glass, and lead imported into the colonies. 3  Indemnity Act-this act lowered the tax on Great Britain's largest trading company, the East India Company.