Zensunni in Frank Herbert's Dune series is a religious belief that is a hybrid of principles of Zen Buddhism and Sunni Islam. In the fictional far future of human civilization portrayed in the series, various ethnic and political groups adhere to this worldview, including the Fremen, originally the "Zensunni wanderers." Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986) Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Dune is a 1965 science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert. ... In biology, hybrid has three meanings. ... A woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, (Japan, 1887) depicting Bodhidharma the founder of Chinese Zen. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jamaah. ... The Fremen are a group of people in the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert. ...

History

During and before the Butlerian Jihad the Zensunnis were brought from their homeworlds to places like Poritrin where they would work as slaves. After the slave revolt on Poritrin many Zensunnis escaped to Arrakis. These Zensunni wanderers would become the first Fremen. The Butlerian Jihad is an epic turning point in the back-story of Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... Arrakis,(derived from the Arabic name ar-raqiÅŸ, the dancer. ...

Facts

• The accession of Paul Atreides as Emperor and the expansion of Fremen influence throughout the Imperium widely popularized the study of Zensunni beliefs.

• Eventually, it is revealed that the Bene Tleilax culture is a religious society based entirely on the Zensunni religion, and in the final works of the Dune series, members of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood portray themselves as Zensunni believers in an attempt to manipulate Scytale, the last surviving member of the Tleilaxu.