The Making of Salafism: Islamic Reform in the Twentieth Century

Some Islamic scholars hold that Salafism is an innovative and rationalist effort at Islamic reform that emerged in the late nineteenth century but disappeared in the mid twentieth. Others argue Salafism is an anti-innovative and antirationalist movement of Islamic purism that dates back to the medie...

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Auteur principal: Lauzière, Henri (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York, NY Columbia University Press 2015
Dans:Année: 2015
Collection/Revue:Religion, Culture, and Public Life
Sujets non-standardisés:B Salaf̄iyah History
B Andere Religionen
B Culture and History of non-European Territories
B Salafīyah
B Arab World
B History
B Salafiyya
B Salafiyah
B Islam
B Salafiyah History
B Salafīyah History
B Islamic fundamentalism
B Islamic fundamentalism History
B Middle East / Généraux / HISTORY
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Résumé:Some Islamic scholars hold that Salafism is an innovative and rationalist effort at Islamic reform that emerged in the late nineteenth century but disappeared in the mid twentieth. Others argue Salafism is an anti-innovative and antirationalist movement of Islamic purism that dates back to the medieval period yet persists today. Though they contradict each other, both narratives are considered authoritative, making it hard for outsiders to grasp the history of the ideology and its core beliefs.Introducing a third, empirically based genealogy, The Making of Salafism understands the movement as a recent conception of Islam projected back onto the past, and it sees its purist evolution as a direct result of decolonization. Henri Lauzière builds his history on the transnational networks of Taqi al-Din al-Hilali (1894-1987), a Moroccan Salafi who, with his associates, oversaw Salafism's modern development. Traveling from Rabat to Mecca, from Calcutta to Berlin, al-Hilali interacted with high-profile Salafi scholars and activists who eventually abandoned Islamic modernism in favor of a more purist approach to Islam. Today, Salafis claim a monopoly on religious truth and freely confront other Muslims on theological and legal issues. Lauzière's pathbreaking history recognizes the social forces behind this purist turn, uncovering the popular origins of what has become a global phenomenon.
ISBN:0231540175
Accès:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7312/lauz17550