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Since the classical era, two major [[Ulama|scholarly]] factions have been influential within [[Sunni Islam]]: [[Sufism]] and [[Salafi movement|Salafism]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Abu Rumman |first=Mohammad |title=I AM A SALAFI: A Study of the Actual and Imagined Identities of Salafis |publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Jordan & Iraq |year=2014 |isbn=978-9957-484-41-5 |location=Amman, Jordan |pages=30 |quote="In past centuries, traditional Islamic religious culture was divided between two main trends, the first being Sufi-Ash’arite, whose chief spiritual representative was Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111), and the second being Salafism, represented by Ibn Taymiyyah (1263-1328)"}}</ref> The dispute between these two schools of thought dominated the Sunni world, splitting their influence across religious communities and cultures, with each school competing for scholarly authority via official and unofficial religious institutions. The relationship between Salafism and Sufism – two movements of [[Islam]] with different interpretations of Islam – is historically diverse and reflects some of the changes and conflicts in the [[Muslim world]] today.<ref>Akbar Ahmed ''Journey into America,'' 2010, page 261 "The relationship between Salafis and Sufis, in particular, is complicated and reflects some of the changes and current conflicts in the Muslim world."</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Abu Rumman|first=Mohammad|title=I AM A SALAFI: A Study of the Actual and Imagined Identities of Salafis|publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Jordan & Iraq|year=2014|isbn=978-9957-484-41-5|location=Amman, Jordan|pages=30}}</ref>
Salafism is associated with [[Literal interpretation|literalist]] approaches to Islam, giving importance to literal interpretation of ''[[Quran|Qur'an]]'',
Although Salafism and Sufism "overlap", they also differ on key doctrinal issues. Salafi-Sufi debates are often called "polemical".<ref name=purity/> Both Sufis and Salafis are unequivocal against modernist approaches to Islam and condemn any form of ''Hadith'' rejectionist tendencies. For Sufis, the ''[[Sheikh#Sufi term|shaykh]]'' or ''[[murshid]]'' yields unrivalled spiritual authority and anyone who opposes them is heretic. For Salafis, scriptural sources form religious authority and anyone who oppose them is misguided.<ref name="auto2"/> Salafis are critical of various Sufi rituals<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2hxmm2N6jOgC&dq=sufism+salafi&pg=PA20 Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from Al-Banna to ... ] By Roxanne Leslie Euben, Muhammad Qasim Zaman</ref> arguing that such rituals are "irreconcilable with true Islam",<ref name=purity>[https://books.google.com/books?id=LCL5fElYbnYC&dq=sufism+salafi&pg=PA305 Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God] By Richard Gauvain, p.305</ref> as well as condemning the Sufi focus on spirituality alone while shunning the material world.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&dq=encyclopedia+of+islam+salafi&pg=PA601 Encyclopedia of Islam] By Juan Eduardo Campo, p.601 ("Salafists have ... promote[d] their message that Islam, as well as Muslim society, is in crisis, having been corrupted from within by backward-thinking Ulama, Sufism, a spurious innovations.")</ref>
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