Global Salafism

Islam's New Religious Movement

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ID19976492
EditorsRoel Meijer (0000-0002-0331-1782, corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages400
Publication date2014-01-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
Reviewed byGlobal Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement, Anna Zelkina, 2011
VenueGlobal Salafism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199333431.001.0001
OpenAlexW1537886901
Open LibraryOL27555671M
ISBN9780199333431
LanguageEN
Citations received164

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

Doctrine · Islam · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Islam and politics · Islamic fundamentalism · Middle east · Religion · Salafīyah

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