Global Salafism

by Meijer, Roel

• ISBN13: 9780231154208
• ISBN10: 0231154208
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-30
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

"Salafism" and "jihadi-Salafism" have become significant doctrinal trends in contemporary Islamic thought, yet the West largely fails to offer a sophisticated and discerning definition of these movements.The contributors to Global Salafismcarefully outline both the differences among Salafist schools and the broader currents of Islamic thought constituting this trend. Essays examine the regional manifestations of the phenomenon and its shared essential doctrines. Their analyses highlight Salafism's inherent ambivalence and complexities, or the "out-antiquing the antique" that has brought Islamic thought into the modern age while simultaneously maintaining its relationship with an older, purer authenticity. Emphasizing the subtle, local and global aspirations within the "Salafist method," Global Salafisminvestigates the movement like no other study currently available.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Glossary	p. viii
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Transliteration	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Salafist Doctrine
On the Nature of Salafi Thought and Action	p. 33
Appendix al-Qaeda's Creed and Path	p. 51
Between Revolution and Apoliticism: Nasir al-Din al-Albani and his Impact on the Shaping of Contemporary Salafism	p. 58
The Transformation of a Radical Concept: al-wala'wa-l-bara' in the Ideology of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi	p. 81
Jihadi-Salafism and the Shi'is: Remarks about the Intellectual Roots of anti-Shi'ism	p. 107
Salafism in Pakistan: The Ahl-e Hadith Movement in Indonesia	p. 169
Salafism and Politics
The Salafi Critique of Islamism: Doctrine, Difference and the Problem of Islamic Political Action in Contemporary Sudan	p. 143
Ambivalent Doctrines and Conflicts in the Salafi Movement in Indonesia	p. 169
Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong as a Principle of Social Action: The Case of the Egyptian al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya	p. 189
Salafi Formations in Palestine: The Limits of a de-Palestinised Milieu	p. 221
Jihadi-Salafism
Jihadi-Salafis or Revolutionaries? On Religion and Politics in the Study of Militant Islamism	p. 244
Debates within the Family: Jihadi-Salafi Debates on Strategy, Takfir, Extremism, Suicide Bombings and the Sense of the Apocalypse	p. 267
'Destructive Doctrinairians': Abu Mus'ab al-Suri's Critique of the Salafis in the Jihadi Current	p. 281
The Local and the Global in Salafism
The Local and the Global in Saudi Salafi Discourse	p. 301
How Transnational is Salafism in Yemen?	p. 321
Growth and Fragmentation: The Salafi Movement in Bale, Ethiopia	p. 342
Salafism and Identity
Salafism in France: Ideology, Practices and Contradictions	p. 364
The Attraction of 'Authentic Islam': Salafism and British Muslim Youth	p. 384
Changing Worldviews and Friendship: An Exploration of the Life Stories of Two Female Salafis in the Netherlands	p. 404
About the Contributors	p. 424
Biographies of Salafi Thinkers and Leaders	p. 430
Index	p. 448
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