Salafis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Salafiyyah
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Saudi_religious_establishment
gptkb:Wahhabism
gptkb:Grand_Mosque_of_Mecca
gptkb:Islamic_University_of_Madinah
gptkb:Hanbali_school
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Medina Mosque)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Jihadi_Salafism
gptkb:Political_Salafism
gptkb:Purist_Salafism
gptkbp:color gptkb:Hadith
gptkb:Quran
gptkbp:coreBelief Literal interpretation of Quran and Sunnah
Return to practices of the Salaf
Rejection of religious innovation (Bid'ah)
Strict monotheism (Tawhid)
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Shi'a_Muslims
gptkb:Sufi_groups
Traditional Sunni scholars
gptkbp:emergedIn late 19th century
gptkbp:emphasizes Unity of God's names and attributes (Tawhid al-Asma wa Sifat)
Avoidance of religious innovation
Following the Prophet Muhammad and his companions
Strict adherence to Islamic law (Sharia)
Unity of God (Tawhid al-Uluhiyyah)
Unity of God's lordship (Tawhid al-Rububiyyah)
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Saudi_Arabia_(historically)
gptkbp:globalPresence gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:South_Asia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Salafis
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ahmad_ibn_Hanbal
gptkb:Ibn_Taymiyyah
gptkb:Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Wahhab
Early Muslim generations (Salaf al-Salih)
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Abd_al-Aziz_ibn_Baz
gptkb:Muhammad_Nasiruddin_al-Albani
gptkb:Muhammad_ibn_Salih_al-Uthaymeen
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Sufism
gptkb:magic
gptkb:spirituality
gptkb:prophecy
gptkb:nationalism
gptkb:superstition
gptkb:Westernization
gptkb:Pan-Arabism
Liberalism
Secularism
Socialism
Communism
astrology
Charms
Amulets
Celebration of the Prophet's birthday (Mawlid)
Intercession through saints
Philosophical speculation in theology
Saint veneration
Horoscopes
Fortune-telling
Shi'a practices
Blind following (Taqlid) of scholars
Democracy (in some branches)
Grave worship
Modernist interpretations of Islam
Music (in some interpretations)
Philosophical theology (Kalam)
Philosophy (in some interpretations)
Art depicting living beings (in some interpretations)
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Arabian_Peninsula
gptkbp:promotion Islamic education
Social conservatism
Moral reform
Dawah (Islamic proselytization)
Direct study of Quran and Hadith
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Folk_Islam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6