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This volume addresses issues of authority and authenticity related to contemporary interpretations of Islam in a minority setting. Salafism is a contemporary multifaceted and global phenomenon that represents a fundamentalist interpretative stance which appears to be growing among minority Muslims. This book studies a Salafi group in Sweden that is puritan in the sense of avoiding political participation and rejecting jihadism. They strive to imitate the lives of the first generations of Muslims and the prophet Muhammad within their own minority setting, surrounded by a society which in their view is characterized by immorality and capitalism. The group recommends segregation, or even emigration, as a strategy in order to enable people to live proper Muslim lives, in preparation for the Hereafter.

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Note on Transliteration and Terminology1. Introduction2. Tradition and Authority3. Salafi Islam4. The Local Puritan Group5. Jurisprudence and Sources6. Da'wah - The Call to Islam7. Constructing In-Group and Out-GroupEpilogue

Contemporary Puritan Salafism: A Swedish Case

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      Publisher Equinox Publishing Ltd
      Published 8 April 2019
      ISBN-13 9781781793398
      978-1781793398
      ISBN-10 1781793395

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume addresses issues of authority and authenticity related to contemporary interpretations of Islam in a minority setting. Salafism is a contemporary multifaceted and global phenomenon that represents a fundamentalist interpretative stance which appears to be growing among minority Muslims. This book studies a Salafi group in Sweden that is puritan in the sense of avoiding political participation and rejecting jihadism. They strive to imitate the lives of the first generations of Muslims and the prophet Muhammad within their own minority setting, surrounded by a society which in their view is characterized by immorality and capitalism. The group recommends segregation, or even emigration, as a strategy in order to enable people to live proper Muslim lives, in preparation for the Hereafter.

      Table of Contents
      Note on Transliteration and Terminology1. Introduction2. Tradition and Authority3. Salafi Islam4. The Local Puritan Group5. Jurisprudence and Sources6. Da'wah - The Call to Islam7. Constructing In-Group and Out-GroupEpilogue

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