HyperDic: salafism

English > 1 sense of the word Salafism:
NOUNcognitionSalafism, Salafi movementa militant / militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels
English > Salafism: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA militant / 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.
SynonymSalafi movement
BroaderIslam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, MuslimismThe monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran

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