SALAFISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salafism mean? 

• SALAFISM (noun)
  The noun SALAFISM has 1 sense:

1. a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world

  Familiarity information: SALAFISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALAFISM (noun)

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Meaning:

A militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Salafi movement; Salafism

Hypernyms ("Salafism" is a kind of...):

Islam; Islamism; Mohammedanism; Muhammadanism; Muslimism (the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran)