Salafi social and political movements [electronic resource] : national and transnational contexts / edited by Masooda Bano.

Intro -- SALAFI SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Glossary -- Series Editors Foreword -- Introduction Salafism Today: A Break with the Past -- PART 1 CHANGES IN SALAFI THOUGHT -- 1 Salafism: The Core Critiques -- 2 In Today's Saudi Arabia: The State, the Society and the Scholars -- 3 Legitimising Political Dissent: Islamist Salafi Discourses on Obedience and Rebellion after the A -- PART 2 SALAFI MOVEMENTS ON THE GROUND -- 4 Quietist 'Scholastic' Salafism in Morocco since the Arab Spring

5 Between Da'wa and Politics: The Changing Dynamics of Egypt's Ansar al-Sunna, 2011-13 -- 6 Salafi Leadership outside Saudi Arabia: Hakim al-Mutairi and the Umma Party of Kuwait -- PART 3 SALAFI JIHADISM AND INTER-GROUP COMPETITION -- 7 Wahhabi Salafism versus Islamic State: Age-Old Traditions Appropria -- 8 Fratricidal Jihadism Revisited: The Complex Nature of Intra-Jihadi Conflict -- 9 Ahrar al-Sham's Politicisation during the Syrian Conflict -- 10 Filling Gaps Left by the Muslim Brotherhood: The Experience in Palestine -- Conclusion Salafism in the Twenty-First Century -- Index

This book introduces the history of the rise and spread of Salafism during the 20th century as a global Islamic reform movement. It also explains Salafi tools of methodological reasoning: traditionally used to justify highly conservative positions, they now appear equally effective in defending more liberal life choices.

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