Global Salafism : Islam's new religious movement /
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. Salafism has been promoted especi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. Salafism has been promoted especially by Saudi Arabia and is also called Wahhabism. The book is divided into five parts: 1. Salafist doctrine; 2. Salafism and Politics; 3. Jihadi Salafism; 4. The local and the global in Salafism; 5. Salafism and modernity. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: London: Hurst, 2009. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 463 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190235680 0190235683 |