TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bishārah,Azmī
TI  - On Salafism: concepts and contexts 
T2  - Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures
SN  - 9781503630352
AV  - BP195.S18 B5613 2022
PY  - 2022///]
KW  - Salafīyah
KW  - Religion
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Islam and politics
KW  - Religious fanaticism
N1  - "A previous version of this work was published in Arabic in 2018."; Translation of: Fī al-ijābah ʻan suʼāl, mā al-Salafīyah?; Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-210) and index; What Is Salafism? -- On apostasy -- Religious associations and political movements -- Wahhabism in context
N2  - "On Salafism offers a compelling new understanding of this phenomenon, both its development and contemporary manifestations. Salafism became associated with fundamentalism when the 9/11 Commission used it to explain the terror attacks and has since been connected with the violence of the so-called Islamic State. With this book, Azmi Bishara critically deconstructs claims of continuity between early Islam and modern militancy and makes a counter argument: Salafism is a wholly modern construct informed by specific sociopolitical contexts. Bishara offers a sophisticated account of various movements--such as Wahabbism and Hanbalism--frequently collapsed into simplistic understandings of Salafism. He distinguishes reformist from regressive Salafism, and examines patterns of modernization in the development of contemporary Islamic political movements and associations. In deconstructing the assumptions of linear continuity between traditional and contemporary movements, Bishara details various divergences in both doctrine and context of modern "Salafisms" plural. On Salafism is a crucial read for those interested in Islamism, jihadism, and Middle East politics and history"--
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