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'''Salafism'''  is a generic term which refers to a branch of [[Sunni]] [[fundamentalist]] [[Islam]]ic thought. The term refers to the predecessors, or the first three hundred years of Islam, prior to the [[Crusades]] and [[Mongolian]] conquest of [[Baghdad]] and [[Persia]]. The Salafi school of thought appeared in the 1990s as a reaction against [[Western civilization|Western]] influences. The views have gained wide mainstream acceptance throughout the Middle East. The term [[Qutbism]] is also  sometimes used for militant, activist resistance to Western and foreign influence.

'''Salafism'''  is a generic term which refers to a branch of [[Sunni]] [[fundamentalist]] [[Islam]]ic thought. The term refers to the predecessors, or the first three hundred years of Islam, prior to the [[Crusades]] and [[Mongolian]] conquest of [[Baghdad]] and [[Persia]]. The Salafi school of thought appeared in the 1990s as a reaction against [[Western civilization|Western influences]]. Salafi perdpectives have gained wide mainstream acceptance among indigenous Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa as people have lost faith in [[secular]] rulers and regimes, often seen as stooges of the West, the [[United Nations]], and the [[New World Order]].

 

The term [[Qutbism]] is also  sometimes used for militant, activist resistance to Western and foreign influence.

Salafi thought centers on the concept that the [[religion]] founded by [[Muhammad]] and his companions was perfect at the time of its creation, and that it has subsequently been weakened by [[Consumerism|materialist]] interferences, [[rationalism]], and innovations. The term 'innovation' is condemned as corrupting, and does not imply 'reform' or 'improvement' as in the Western connotation of the word. [[Shariah]] law, as practiced in the vast majority of Islamic Republics after the fall of the [[Turkish Caliphate]] in the 20th century, has been watered down by innovations.  

Salafi thought centers on the concept that the [[religion]] founded by [[Muhammad]] and his companions was perfect at the time of its creation, and that it has subsequently been weakened by [[Consumerism|materialist]] interferences, [[rationalism]], and innovations. The term 'innovation' is condemned as corrupting, and does not imply 'reform' or 'improvement' as in the Western connotation of the word. [[Shariah]] law, as practiced in the vast majority of Islamic Republics after the fall of the [[Turkish Caliphate]] in the 20th century, has been watered down by innovations.