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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. uncountable
2. 2
   a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

salafi movementwahhabism

Etymology

From Salafi + -ism or salaf + -ism.

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