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Salafism Goes Global - From the Gulf to the French Banlieues (Hardcover)
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Salafism Goes Global - From the Gulf to the French Banlieues (Hardcover)
Series: Religion and Global Politics Series
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Salafism is a fundamentalist Sunni vision of Islam that is growing
in popularity in many countries. In this book, Mohamed-Ali Adraoui
focuses on quietist Salafism, which he calls a study in
contradictions. Strongly opposed to political action, terrorism,
and the overthrow of established regimes, quietist Salafism insists
on restructuring Islamic norms with the fervor of a revivalist and
fundamentalist ethic. Quietist Salafis seek the purification of
culture and religious renewal through a "de-militantization" of the
Islamic corpus. Adraoui explores the Salafis' individual
trajectories, their relationship with politics, and their vision of
the world and of modernity, in order to understand how quietist
Salafis negotiate their social identities and religious obligations
in the Western context. What does the increasing presence of
Islamic movements in the global space mean? Adraoui draws parallels
between the French case and that of Muslim countries, and argues
that the spread of quietist Salafism is partially a result of the
foreign policy of Saudi Arabia. Quietist Salafism, he argues, is
resonant of Saudi Arabia's efforts to promote a legitimist,
anti-anarchist, and counter-revolutionary conception of Islam,
after having long legitimized and reinforced the Islamist forces
and Jihadist movements when it was in its geopolitical interests to
do so. Salafism Goes Global sheds light on a dynamic of
globalization that is taking place in the margins.
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