Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement
Publisher: An Oxford University Press Publication

Dec 28, 2011 - In 2003 the normalization between the Moroccan state and Salafis who had benefited greatly from the contradiction that marked the state's dealings with religious movements, ended. Rejected as an un-Islamic model of government. Feb 23, 2013 - Also, this particular brand of Islam is more focused on external religion (similar to Rabbinical Judaism) as opposed to internal religion, and may or may-not be the reason there are so many fanatical Muslims in the world. Oct 17, 2011 - As Roy argued in the book “Holy Ignorance,” published late last year, old-line religions with organized power structures are in a global decline, overtaken by fundamentalist sects such as Islamic Salafis and Christian His critics point to the undeniable growth of extreme religious movements across the world to argue that religion has adapted quite heartily, claiming popular loyalty in an age where more and more people have lost faith in the power of government. Mubarak successfully coopted Salafis to provide a religious justification for authoritarianism, and used the movement as a counterweight to the Muslim Brotherhood's demands for political reform. Apr 22, 2014 - Within the context of our modern World, or to be more precise over the last half a century, the term 'Salafī' has come to designate an Islamic methodology, the aspirational objective of which is the emulation of the Prophetic example via the practices and beliefs of the earliest generations of Islam. Jul 11, 2012 - Their mosques continued to be the main mobilization centers for them through their Friday sermons and weekly religious lessons. Jan 3, 2014 - This January, Oxford University Press will publish Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement edited by Roel Meijer (Radboud University in Nijmegen). (This isn't 'as true' today, but you have to think about the early days of the internet, and the organization and oil-money-funding of the Salafi movement overseas, etc. Of Islam as my primary focus, I have explored how various religious practices and institutions have been revised and renewed both by modern norms of social and political life, and by the styles of consumption and culture linked to global mass media practices…”. Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Nov 9, 2012 - Resurgence of Salafi Islam is very much a new phenomenon and it has used the recent media technologies extensively to propagate its conservative belief and ideas, said Professor Charles Hirschkind. Dec 14, 2012 - It is not the Muslim Brotherhood itself that leads the government; instead, it created the Freedom and Justice Party to compete in the political realm, and President Mohammed Morsi formally resigned from the movement when he was The Iranian revolution was driven by a complex mixture of third-world leftism and conservative Islam. The publisher's description follows. But now that the democratic process is derailing their efforts to enshrine Islamic law in Egypt's new constitution, Salafis appear to be reverting to their authoritarian roots. Whilst the majority of groups championing Salafism are pacifist, there are minority voices within the overall 'Salafī movement' who adopt a more 'militarist' position. The new religious actors in the public sphere, such as the Salafis, are using democracy to assert their independence from the state.