Salafi movement
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| - | Starting in the mid-1970s and 1980s, '''conservative/strict/puritanical interpretations of [[Sunni]] [[Islam]]''' favored by the conservative oil-exporting [[Saudi Arabia|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]], (and to a lesser extent by other [[Gulf Cooperation Council|Gulf monarchies]]) have achieved what political scientist [[Gilles Kepel]] calls a "preeminent position of strength in the global expression of Islam." The interpretations included not only "[[Wahhabism|Wahhabi]]" Islam of Saudi Arabia, but [[Islamism|Islamist]]/[[Islamic revival#Contemporary revivalism|revivalist]] Islam, and a "hybrid" of the two interpretations. | + | The '''Salafi movement''' or '''Salafist movement''' or '''Salafism''' is an ultra-conservative reform branch or movement within [[Sunni]] [[Islam]] that developed in [[Arabia]] in the first half of the 18th century. |
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| - | *[[Islam in Saudi Arabia]] | + | * [[Ahl al-Hadith]] |
| - | *[[Islamism]] | + | * [[Athari]] |
| - | *[[Islamic fundamentalism]] | + | * [[Bid‘ah]] |
| - | *[[Islamic schools and branches]] | + | * [[Ibn Taymiyyah]] |
| - | *[[Muslim World League]] | + | * [[International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism]] |
| - | *[[Petro-Islam]] | + | * [[Islam in Saudi Arabia]] |
| - | *[[Salafi movement]] | + | * [[Islamic fundamentalism]] |
| - | *[[Wahhabi movement]] | + | * [[Islamic schools and branches]] |
| - | + | * [[Islamism]] | |
| + | * [[Muslim World League]] | ||
| + | * [[Petro-Islam]] | ||
| + | * [[Shirk (Islam)]] | ||
| + | * [[Sufi–Salafi relations]] | ||
| + | * [[Wahhabi movement]] | ||
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The Salafi movement or Salafist movement or Salafism is an ultra-conservative reform branch or movement within Sunni Islam that developed in Arabia in the first half of the 18th century.
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See also
- Ahl al-Hadith
- Athari
- Bid‘ah
- Ibn Taymiyyah
- International propagation of Salafism and Wahhabism
- Islam in Saudi Arabia
- Islamic fundamentalism
- Islamic schools and branches
- Islamism
- Muslim World League
- Petro-Islam
- Shirk (Islam)
- Sufi–Salafi relations
- Wahhabi movement
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