Questions tagged [salafi]

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How is the "ultra-conservative" Salafi movement compatible with autodidacticism?

From the paper Is Islam Easy to Understand or Not?: Salafis, the Democratization of Interpretation and the Need for the Ulema, Jonathan A. C. Brown, Journal of Islamic Studies (2015) 26 (2): 117-144, we have: Both in the modern period and…
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In Wahhabism who is called a Muslim?

What are the minimum conditions by which one is considered a Muslim from the viewpoint of Wahhabism?
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Examples of how the Salafi movement is ultra-conservative?

The Salafi movement... is an ultra-conservative reform in the first half of the 18th century against a background of European colonialism. -- Wikipedia I've seen this claim repeatedly, but I'm yet to pinpoint in what ways the Salafi movement is…
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Is Salafi a school of thought?

Is Salafi a school of thought like the maliki, shafi'i, hanbali and hanafi fiqhs? Or is Salafi a movement? Can one be a shafi'i and be a salafi? Please provide proof with your answer.