| NOUN | cognition | Salafism, Salafi movement | a militant / militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels |
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| Meaning | A 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. | |
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| Synonym | Salafi movement | |
| Broader | Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism | The 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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