Dictionary

Salafism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Salafi + -ism or salaf + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A movement comparing itself to Sunni Islam, claiming to taking the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models.

Hypernyms

Islam

Hyponyms

Wahhabism

Relateds

Salafist · Salafi · Salafiyya

Translations (21)

nl salafisme (a Sunni Islamic movement) · id Salafisme (a Sunni Islamic movement) · pt salafismo (a Sunni Islamic movement) · hi सलफ़ी (a Sunni Islamic movement) · he סלפייה (a Sunni Islamic movement) · de Salafismus (a Sunni Islamic movement) · fr salafisme (a Sunni Islamic movement) · cs salafismus (a Sunni Islamic movement) · ja サラフィズム (a Sunni Islamic movement) · ru салафи́зм (a Sunni Islamic movement) · tr Selefilik (a Sunni Islamic movement) · hi वहाबी (a Sunni Islamic movement) · es salafismo (a Sunni Islamic movement) · ms Salafisme (a Sunni Islamic movement) · eo salafismo (a Sunni Islamic movement) · sv salafism (a Sunni Islamic movement) · cmn 沙拉菲主義 /沙拉菲主义 (a Sunni Islamic movement) · it salafismo (a Sunni Islamic movement) · ar سَلَفِيَّة (a Sunni Islamic movement) · he סלפיזם (a Sunni Islamic movement) · pl salafizm (a Sunni Islamic movement)