Understanding Salafism
Seeking the Path of the Pious Predecessors
A scholar from inside the tradition separates Salafism as a method of reading scripture from the politics attached to its name.
Qadhi writes from inside the tradition he is describing, tracing Salafism from its claimed roots in the earliest generations through to its modern institutional forms, and separating a method of reading scripture from the politics later attached to it. Published by Oneworld in 2025, it is aimed at readers who have met the label mainly as a headline.
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