The making of Salafism :

Lauzière, Henri,

The making of Salafism : Islamic reform in the twentieth century / Henri Lauzière. - 1 online resource. - Religion, culture, and public life . - University Press Scholarship Online. Religion, culture, and public life. .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The Making of Salafism' understands Salafism as a recent conception of Islam projected back onto the past, and it sees its purist evolution as a direct result of decolonization. Henri Lauzière builds his history on the transnational networks of Taqi al-Din al-Hilali (1894-1987), a Moroccan Salafi who, with his associates, oversaw Salafism's modern development. Travelling from Rabat to Mecca, from Calcutta to Berlin, al-Hilali interacted with high-profile Salafi scholars and activists who eventually abandoned Islamic modernism in favour of a more purist approach to Islam.

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Salafīyah--History.
Islamic fundamentalism--History.

BP195.S18 / L38 2016

297.83