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Salafīyah; Jordan; terrorism; religious aspects; Islam; political aspects; 21st century

The past two decades have seen an increasing association between Lebanese Salafism and violence, with less attention being paid to Salafis who focus on peaceful proselytization. In reality, it is these Salafis whose influence has dramatically grown since the eruption of the Syrian conflict that profoundly affected Lebanon as well. Based on extensive fieldwork, Zoltan Pall offers insights into the dynamics of non-violent Lebanese Salafi groups and examines the importance of transnational links in shaping the trajectory of the movement. In particular, he shows how the internal transformation of Salafism in Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia led to the fragmentation of the Lebanese Salafi community. By analysing Salafism as a network, we see how the movement creates and mobilizes material and symbolic resources, and how it contributes to reshaping the structures of authority within the country's Sunni Muslim community.

The spectre of Boko Haram and its activities in Nigeria dominates both media and academic analysis of Islam in the region. But, as Alexander Thurston argues here, beyond the sensational headlines this group generates, the dynamics of Muslim life in northern Nigeria remain poorly understood. Drawing on interviews with leading Salafis in Nigeria as well as on a rereading of the history of the global Salafi movement, this volume explores how a canon of classical and contemporary texts defines Salafism. Examining how these texts are interpreted and - crucially - who it is that has the authority to do so, Thurston offers a systematic analysis of curricula taught in Saudi Arabia and how they shape religious scholars' approach to religion and education once they return to Africa. Essential for scholars of religion and politics, this unique text explores how the canon of Salafism has been used and refined, from Nigeria's return to democracy to the jihadist movement Boko Haram.

The landscape of Salafi jihadism -- Milestones -Sayyid Qutb -- The neglected duty-Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj -- Join the caravan-Abdullah Azzam -- Knights under the prophet's banner-Osama bin Laden and Ayman -- Al-Zawahiri -- The management of savagery-Abu Bakr Naji and Abu Mus'ab -- Al-Zarqawi -- Dabiq : the mind of the Islamic State

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- TRADITIONALISM, MODERNISM, AND SALAFI-WAHHABISM -- ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS IN BATAM -- BATAM MUSLIMS AND TRADITIONALISTS -- THE SINGAPORE DIMENSION -- CONCLUSION: EXCLUSIVISM AND TRADITIONALISM -- REFERENCES

"No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the specter of global jihadism. While much has been said about the way jihadists behave, their ideology remains poorly understood. As the Levant has imploded and millenarian radicals claim to have revived a Caliphate based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, the need for a nuanced and accurate understanding of jihadist beliefs has never been greater. Shiraz Maher charts the intellectual underpinnings of Salafi-jihadism from its origins in the mountains of the Hindu Kush to the jihadist insurgencies of the 1990s and the 9/11 Wars. What emerges is the story of a pragmatic but resilient warrior doctrine that often struggles--as so many utopian ideologies do--to consolidate the idealism of theory with the reality of practice. His ground-breaking introduction to Salafi-jihadism recalibrates our understanding of the ideas underpinning one of the most destructive political philosophies of our time by assessing classical works from Islamic antiquity alongside those of contemporary ideologues. Packed with refreshing and provocative insights, Maher's book explains how war and insecurity engendered one of the most significant socio-religious movements of the modern era."--Jacket.

Salafism after the Arab Awakening : contending with people's power / Francesco Cavatorta and Fabio Merone -- Revisiting Wiktorowicz : categorising and defining the branches of Salafism / Joas Wagemakers -- Unpacking the sacred canopy : Egypt's Salafis between religion and politics / Khalil al-Anani -- Lebanon's Salafis : opportunities and constraints in a divided society / Adham Saouli -- To rebel or not to rebel : dilemmas among Saudi Salafis in a revolutionary age / Stéphane Lacroix -- Salafi movements and the political process in Morocco / Mohammed Masbah -- The establishment and positioning of al-Rashad : a case study of political Salafism in Yemen / Judit Kuschnitzki -- The dual effect of the Arab Spring on Salafi integration : political Salafism in Jordan / Joas Wagemakers -- Salafis at war in Syria : logics of fragmentation and realignment / Thomas Pierret -- The multi-faceted dimensions of Tunisian Salafism / Stefano M. Torelli -- Salafi dynamics in Kuwait : politics, fragmentation and change / Zoltan Pall -- Gender activism in Salafism : a case study of Salafi women in Tunis / Iris Kolman --Quietist Salafis, the Arab Spring and the politicisation process / Laurent Bonnefoy -- Conclusion : Salafis and the acceptance of the political / Roel Meijer

'Ideologies need enemies to thrive, religion does not'. Using the Sahel as a source of five comparative case studies, this volume aims to engage in the painstaking task of disentangling Islam from the political ideologies that have issued from its theologies to fight for governmental power and the transformation of society. While these ideologies tap into sources of religious legitimacy, the author shows that they are fundamentally secular or temporal enterprises, defined by confrontation with other political ideologies-both progressive and liberal-within the arena of nation states. Their objectives are the same as these other ideologies, i.e., to harness political power for changing national societies, and they resort to various methods of persuasion, until they break down into violence. The two driving questions of the book are, whence come these ideologies, and why do they-sometimes-result in violence? Ideologies of Salafi radicalism are at work in the five countries of the Sahel region, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, (Northern) Nigeria and Senegal, but violence has broken out only in Mali and Northern Nigeria. Using a theoretical framework of ideological development and methods of historical analysis, Idrissa traces the emergence of Salafi radicalism in each of these countries as a spark ignited by the shock between concurrent processes of Islamization and colonization in the 1940s.

Salafism often called 'Wahhabism,' is widely seen as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that subjugates women, yet growing numbers of young British women, many of them converts or from less conservative Muslim backgrounds, are actively embracing it. With unprecedented access to Salafi women's groups in the UK, Anabel Inge provides an in-depth account of their lives, probing the reasons for their conversion and their subsequent dilemmas and difficulties

So often in history, it is ideas that kill ... How did the Islamic State arise? What are the ideas that define it? How does this movement of apocalyptic violence justify its actions? The Mind of the Islamic State offers a condensed and gripping history of political jihadism - from its birth in the 1960s prison writings of Sayyid Qutb all the way to IS's glossy magazine of horror, Dabiq. Along the way Robert Manne considers such terrifying texts as The Management of Savagery and such diabolical figures as al-Zarqawi, who devised the strategy of pitting Sunni against Shia in Iraq, thereby helping to pull the country apart. Manne traces the way ideas and events have intersected to produce the Islamic State, and shows that many in the West have failed to understand what we are dealing with