However, he is obsessed with
Salafism, which has its roots in Egypt.
But, if the information that the Salafi-Jihadists are armed with a religious-political ideology, and believe they must impose a form of Islam,
Salafism, or what its adherents believe to be true Sunni Islam, upon the Muslim world, then The Chronicle envisages a tough task ahead if our security agencies go about their operations in the same old ways.
The migration shock that is endangering Europe is felt most keenly in Belgium where 1 million people migrated to a country of 10 million, resulting in cultural separatism, the rise of
Salafism and terror.
"Societies that have never experienced democracy and freedom are always exposed to radical movements such as
Salafism," he said.
Saudi Arabia is the practitioner of the most purist of all Islamic groups in the Middle East - Wahabism or
Salafism,' he added.
SALAFISM:
Salafism - the word literally means ancestors - includes Sunni theological currents whose supporters advocate a return to the ideas of Muhammad and the original "pious ancestors" who led the first three generations of the caliphate.
During the Future of
Salafism conference held by Oxford University's Changing Structures of Islamic Authority (CSIA) on December 5-7, Dr Alexandre Caeiro, assistant professor, and Youssof Salhein, recent graduate of CIS's Master's in Islamic Studies programme, took part in a panel discussion titled Moderation and Method of Salafi Reasoning.
During the 'Future of
Salafism' conference held by Oxford University's Changing Structures of Islamic Authority (CSIA), Dr Alexandre Caeiro, assistant professor, and Youssof Salhein, recent graduate of CIS's Master's in Islamic Studies programme, took part in a panel discussion entitled "Moderation and Method of Salafi Reasoning".
1926), the relationship between his theoretical juristic writing and its application in his legal opinions (fatwas), and its place in modern
Salafism. His topics include Qaradawi's program for the renovation of Islamic law, the proper use of the classical sources of Islamic jurisprudence in the modern age, case study: the impact of a Western wife's conversion to Islam on the validity of her marriage to her non-Muslim husband, and politics and gender: women in roles of political leadership.
Social Currents in North Africa: Culture and Governance after the Arab Spring , is a product of a group of researchers covering a wide range of issues, from the political implications of Sufism and
Salafism in the Maghreb, to cultural conservation, Jewish-heritage tourism, and normalization debates in Morocco and Tunisia.
A pernicious influence of
Salafism meant that there was only one right way to practice Islam, an Islam that painstakingly adhered to the practices of the Prophet Muhammad, while ignoring socially urgent problems such as political corurption.