Salafi
Salafism is a conservative movement within Sunni Islam originating in Arabia. A Salafist is a Sunni Muslim who thinks Islam should be practiced the way the first few generations of Muslims did during the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The term is also used to talk about certain teachings of Sunni Islam that are based on "conservative" ideals.
The origin of the movement is in the 19th century.[1] Muhammad Abduh (1849–1905) was an Islamic scholar who thought that the values of Islam were incompatible with a modern lifestyle. He is often called a Salafi. Another scholar, Ibn Taimiya (1263–1328) said that the teachings of Islam were not compatible with certain modern interpretations, such as Sufism. The ideology behind many of the jihadist wars in the Middle East and in the northern part of Africa is Salafism.
"Salafi Jihadism" was used to describe those Salafist Islamic militant groups who began to use armed jihad during the mid-1990s.[2][3]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Understanding the Origins of Wahhabism and Salafism". Jamestown. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
- ↑ "Special Reports - The Salafist Movement - Al Qaeda's New Front". www.pbs.org.
- ↑ Coming to Terms: Fundamentalists or Islamists?, Martin Kramer, Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2003, pp. 65–77.
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