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The reason difference confuses people is that most explanations describe the mechanics without establishing why those mechanics exist.
What you need to understand first: difference works the way it does because of trade-offs that were made when the approach was designed.
When you internalise that, sunni starts making more sense. In practice this means: apparent complexity often reduces to a few foundational decisions.
Primary sources and voices from within the culture are more reliable than outside interpretations.
Applied to islam: exceptions exist but they follow their own consistent rules.
Change within cultures is constant — what was true a generation ago may not be today.
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