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Definition of Salafism
1. Noun. A militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world.
Generic synonyms: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
Definition of Salafism
1. Noun. A Sunni Islamic movement that takes the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models.Moosa, Ebrahim. ''Ghazali And The Poetics Of Imagination'' ISBN 0-8078-5612-6 p. 21 ¹
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Literary usage of Salafism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. After the Surge: The Case for U.S. Military Disengagement from Iraq by Steven N. Simon (2007)
"The encroachment of salafism has intensified the inherent bloodthirstiness of
the sectarian violence. Shias can be murdered either because they do not ..."