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SALAFISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A 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
Synonyms:
Salafi movement; Salafism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Salafism" is a kind of...):
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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