Salafism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A movement comparing itself to Sunni Islam, claiming to taking the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models.

Word forms

Salafism

Etymology

From Salafi + -ism or salaf + -ism.

Related words

Salafi Salafist Salafiyya
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