Salafi jihadism

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Salafi jihadism is a militant Sunni Islamist ideology that combines strict Salafi religious doctrine with the belief that armed jihad is a legitimate and necessary means to establish an Islamic state.

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Label Occurrences
Salafi jihadism canonical 40
Salafi-jihadism 6
Jihadism 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist ideology
militant ideology
religious-political movement
advocates armed jihad
associatedWithConcept global jihad
martyrdom operations
restoration of the caliphate
basedOnDoctrine Salafism
linked to: Salafi theology
characterizedBy intolerance toward dissenting views
rejection of traditional Islamic jurisprudential pluralism
rigid literalism
claimsLegitimacyFrom Quran
hadith
distinguishedFrom Muslim Brotherhood-style Islamism
non-violent Salafism
emergedInPeriod late 20th century
emphasizes strict adherence to early Islamic practices
encourages hijra to conflict zones
framesConflictAs cosmic struggle between true Islam and unbelief
gainedProminenceDuring Afghan-Soviet war
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War
goal establishment of an Islamic state
implementation of strict sharia law
hasTransnationalCharacter true
ideologicallyOpposes Shiism
linked to: Shia Islam

Sufism
Western influence in Muslim societies
liberal democracy
secularism
influencedBy Islamist political thought
Salafi theology
jihadist interpretations of Islamic law
justifiesViolenceThrough selective scriptural interpretation
linkedTo various designated terrorist organizations
prefers direct action and violence
promotes takfir of perceived apostate Muslims
rejects gradualist political participation
nationalist boundaries
religiousBranchOf Sunni Islam
seeksTo purify Muslim societies from perceived innovations
seesDemocracyAs incompatible with divine sovereignty
supports violent struggle against perceived enemies of Islam
targets Western states
local regimes deemed apostate
religious minorities
uses propaganda and media for recruitment
viewsJihadAs individual religious duty
legitimate means of political change

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Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Osama bin Laden movement Salafi jihadism
Ayman al-Zawahiri ideology Salafi jihadism
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ideology Salafi jihadism
Jalaluddin Haqqani movement Salafi jihadism
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ideology Salafi jihadism
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ideology Salafi jihadism
Abu Ayyub al-Masri ideology Salafi jihadism
Abdullah Azzam ideology Salafi jihadism
al-Shabaab ideology Salafi jihadism
Saif al-Adel ideology Salafi jihadism
Islamism hasVariant Salafi Islamism
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Maktab al-Khidamat hasIdeology Salafi jihadism
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner ideologicalOrientation Salafi-jihadism
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Lashkar-e-Taiba ideology Salafi jihadism
Wail al-Shehri ideology Salafi jihadism
Boko Haram ideology Salafi jihadism
Baga massacre perpetratorIdeology Salafi jihadism
Nyanya bombings ideologyOfPerpetrator Salafi jihadism
Mubi bombings religiousIdeology Salafi jihadism
Abdelmalek Droukdel ideology Salafi jihadism
Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud movement Salafi jihadism
2005 Nalchik raid ideology Salafi jihadism
Ibn al-Khattab ideology Salafi jihadism
subject linked to: Ibn al‑Khattab
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya ideology Salafi jihadism
ISGS ideology Salafi-jihadism
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi ideology Salafi jihadism
Rumiyah hasIdeology Salafi-jihadism
subject linked to: Rumiyah magazine
linked to: Salafi jihadism
AQI ideology Salafi jihadism
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan ideology Jihadism
subject linked to: Pakistani Taliban (TTP)
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir ideology Salafi jihadism
Inspire magazine ideology Salafi-jihadism
linked to: Salafi jihadism
2015 Sheikh Zuweid attack ideology Salafi jihadism
Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj ideology Salafi-jihadism
linked to: Salafi jihadism
ISWAP ideology Salafi jihadism
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi ideology Salafi jihadism
subject linked to: Abu al-Hussein
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ideology Salafi jihadism
subject linked to: Abu al-Hasan
Wilayat Barqa ideology Salafi-jihadism
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Wilayat al-Yaman ideology Salafi jihadism
LeT ideology Salafi jihadism
Zafar Iqbal ideology Salafi jihadism
Haji Bakr ideology Salafi jihadism
Abu Ali al-Anbari ideology Salafi jihadism
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani ideology Salafi jihadism
Abu Muhammad al-Furqan ideology Salafi jihadism