Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An adherent of Salafism; a Salafist.
- adjective Of or relating to Salafism.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
Salafism .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term Salafi is used for Muslims who seek to emulate the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, in their understanding and practice of Islam.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK 2011
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The term Salafi is used for Muslims who seek to emulate the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, in their understanding and practice of Islam.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK 2011
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The term Salafi is used for Muslims who seek to emulate the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, in their understanding and practice of Islam.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK 2011
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The term Salafi is used for Muslims who seek to emulate the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, in their understanding and practice of Islam.
NYT > Global Home By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK 2011
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The term Salafi is used for Muslims who seek to emulate the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, in their understanding and practice of Islam.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK 2011
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Among the concerns of my family and almost all the Egyptians I met, is the political capabilities of what they say are inflexible and rigid philosophies of parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood, MB, and other newly formed Islamist conservatives groups, known as the Salafi current.
Sahar Taman: Egyptians have No Intention of Allowing their Revolution to be Hijacked Sahar Taman 2011
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Formerly known as the Salafi Group for Preaching and Combat, AQIM is an al Qaeda affiliate whose principal aim is to overthrow the Algerian government and establish an Islamic state governed by Shariah law in north Africa, Spain and Portugal.
The Terrorists in Europe's Backyard Avi Jorisch 2011
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The author describes the development of bin Laden's thought, from the hatred of Jews and Israel that he learned from his father in Saudi Arabia, where his family owned a prosperous construction conglomerate, to an immersion in Islamic thought and practice that Mr. Scheuer identifies as a Salafi-jihadist variety of Sunni Islam.
America's Most Wanted Michael B. Mukasey 2011
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Whether it be the so called Salafi-Jihadism of Al Qaeda claiming the lives of innocent people perversely in the name of Allah or those narrowly focussed political parties attempting to usurp religious values and heritage, the purveyors of hatred and violence cover their wickedness with a religious cloak, or to use the words of Rabbi Lionel Blue, “the terrorists covering their own inner violence under a fig leaf of faith”.
Archive 2008-06-01 FIDO The Dog 2008
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Shia leaders accused Sunni Muslim fundamentalists known as Salafi or Wahabi, along with former members of the Baath party, of being behind the attacks, but they appealed to their community to desist from revenge attacks.
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