Salafism from Meaning to Incorrect Basics

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Political Science, Ayatollah Boroujerdi University

2 Master in Political Science, Ayatollah Boroujerdi University

Abstract

Today, what is famous as Salafism in the idiomatic meaning; returns to a stream in the history of Islam that known themselves as follower of righteous Salaf in catching Islam religion; and in their actions, behaviors and beliefs try to follow predecessor and past of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH), companions and the followers. The historical and theoretical roots of the Salafi-Takfiri current mainly refer to Sunni thought in the form of Hadith people and Hanbali religion. The semantic thought and viewpoints of Ahmed Bin Hanbal in comparison to other Islamic religion that knows all of them as Orientalist, were the first source of Salafi Violence. After him, Ibn Taymiyyah and Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab, had important contribution in the emergence of violent sectarianism and at last Wahhabism. The basic question of the present research is that "What have been the effects of misconception of the Takfir's ,  Apostasy and Jihad concept on thoughts and actions of takfiris about killing? The obtained findings from processing the hypothesis show that takfiris tended to violence in regarding to Salafi jurisprudential principles, the misconceptions about takfir and apostasy, and lack of proper understanding of the concept of Jihad. Salafis groups by misconception about the meaning of takfir and apostasy and Jihad; by wrong view to this concept, have been caused to create a kind of duality and violent wars in Islamic world. This kind of situation has created cynical look and militant from Islam religion in the world and also massacre of large group of innocent people who are known as guilty in the inference of Salafis groups. The present study has been processed by descriptive-analytical method.
 

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