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Nov 2022
30m 20s

What is Salafism?

FILIP HOLM
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In this episode, we explore the history and key features of the movement known as Salafism, which has become a significant force in modern Islam.



Sources/Suggested Reading:

  • Crawford, Michael (2014). "Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab". Oneworld Academic.
  • Hamid, Sadek (2016). "Sufis, Salafism and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism". I.B. Tauris.
  • Hoover, Jon (2019). "Ibn Taymiyya". Oneworld Academic.
  • Meijer, Roel (ed.) (2009). "Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement". C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
  • Winter, Tim (ed.) (2008). "The Cambridge Companion to Islamic Theology". Cambridge University Press.



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