Salafi – The Muslim Times

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on August 7, 2025 ( Leave a comment )

Salafi movement

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of a series on:Salafi movement Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque, Qatar Theology and InfluencesAhl al-HadithIbn TaymiyyaIbn Qayyim al-JawziyyaIbn KathirAl-DhahabiIbn Abd al-HadiIbn MuflihMuhammad Hayaat Al-SindhiIsmail Dehlavi Founders and key figuresIbn ‘Abd al-WahhabRabee al-MadkhaliSyed Nazeer HusainSiddiq Hasan KhanJamal al-Din QasimiRashid RidaMuhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-SheikhIbn BazAl-UthayminAl-ShawkaniAl-AlbaniAl-FawzanIbn JibrinZubayr Ali […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on September 14, 2023 ( Leave a comment )

Egypt bans niqab at schools, ‘conditionally’ allows hijab

MENA Nabila El-Gaafary Egypt – Cairo 12 September, 2023 The rather conservative niqab has long been advocated by extremist religious groups and Salafi sheikhs, even though it is known for […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 20, 2022 ( 2 Comments )

How Saudi Arabia’s religious project transformed Indonesia

Muslims attend the Ramadan tarawih prayer at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photograph: Beawiharta/ReutersThe long read The world’s largest Muslim-majority country was long considered a tolerant place. But thanks to […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on October 10, 2021 ( 2 Comments )

How South Asia’s Brand of Sufi Islam became radicalized

Radical Barelvi groups are now resorting to violence to underline their sect – once famous for its pluralism – as the truest version of Islam. By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid October 04, […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 23, 2020 ( 3 Comments )

Islamic conference in Chechnya: Why Sunnis are disassociating themselves from Salafists

World Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Sep 09, 2016 The world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, Asharq Al-Awsat, reported that an international Islamic conference was organised in Grozny, a city in Chechnya with more than 100 top Muslim clerics from all around the world. The agenda was to take an uncompromising stand against […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 18, 2019 ( Leave a comment )

Prominent Kurdish politician argues to save Islam from Salafism

Source: Rudaw ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The head of the executive body of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Politburo says that Islam has to be saved from Salafism to […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on June 4, 2018 ( Leave a comment )

Malaysia: Ahmadi Muslims hoping for major shift in Islamic administration

Robin Augustin | June 4, 2018 A spokesman for the community says there is a danger when ulama influenced by Wahhabism call the shots among the religious bureaucrats. Ahmadiyya Muslim […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on May 7, 2017 ( Leave a comment )

LIES! CAMPAIGN Zurich opposes Koran distribution by Salafist group

MAY 5, 2017 The Koran distribution campaign “Lies!” (Read!) originated in Germany.(Keystone) Zurich cantonal authorities say they have concrete indications that actions by the Salafist group ‘True Religion’ are aimed […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 23, 2017 ( 1 Comment )

Swiss police stage raids in probe of Islamist groups

Reuters International FEB 22, 2017 – ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss police raided several houses and searched a mosque in the southern canton of Ticino on Wednesday as part of an investigation into suspected Islamist activity, federal prosecutors said. More than 100 officers took part in the operation and arrested one […]

By Zia H Shah on September 24, 2012 ( 1 Comment )

How can Wahhabi vandalism be stopped?

Wahhabis have a history of vandalising and destroying Islamic heritage. In Saudi Arabia they destroyed and damaged houses and mosques associated with the Prophet Mohammad and his family. The history goes back to 18th and 19th century and their raids on Shi’a holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, killing and […]

By Zia H Shah on May 10, 2012 ( Leave a comment )

Presidential vote splits Egypt’s strict Islamists

By TAMIM ELYAN | REUTERS ARABNEWS ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: At Al-Taqwa mosque in Egypt’s second biggest city, a preacher defends his ultra-orthodox Salafi group’s decision to endorse Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh, an Islamist who casts himself as a moderate, in this month’s presidential election. “Don’t consider his media statements only. He […]

By Zia H Shah on December 26, 2011 ( 5 Comments )

Clearing doubts about Salafism

By ALI BLUWI | ARAB NEWS RIYADH: Crown Prince Naif, deputy premier and interior minister, will attend a symposium on “Salafism, a Shariah approach and a national demand” which will […]