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    SALAFISM

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     I. (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 worldplay

    Synonyms:

    Salafi movement; Salafism

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    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)

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