Abstract: Abstract Salafism has attracted a lot of attention lately. This is because it appeals to Muslims who believe that through Salafism they gain direct access to the truth. In contrast to the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafism concentrates on theology and the purification of doctrine. It takes its name from the first three generations of Muslims after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the pious forefathers, al-salaf al-salih. These first generations, as the closest companions to Muhammad, are considered to be the fountain of pure knowledge of Islam. Salafism is perhaps the most rapidly expanding current within Islam, both in the Muslim world and in Europe and the United States, where it appeals to young people who find a deterritorialized and deculturalized Islam more attractive than the traditional Islam of their parents, which tends to be influenced by non-Islamic local customs. In this anthology the three forms of Salafism are extensively analyzed. These are: apolitical, quietist Salafism, whose adherents focus on the purification of Islam and live strictly according to Hadith and the Qur’an; political Salafism, which mixes the Islamism of the Muslim Brotherhood with Salafism; and Jihadi Salafism, which focuses on jihad. Salafism has been promoted especially by Saudi Arabia and is also called Wahhabism.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-16
Language: en
Type: book
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