téléChArgeR.™ Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea Livre. par Penguin Books Ltd

Salafi-Jihadism focuses on the religious basis of jihadism. According to Maher, Salafi jihadism is based on five doctrines of faith: jihad in the sense of holy war, tawhid, (the oneness of God), hakimiyya (meaning true Islamic government), al-wala wal-bara (loyalty to divine truth and rejection of untruth and polytheism), and takfir (the naming of disbelievers)

He calls Salafi-Jihadism a 'total ideology' that 'exhibits a tendency towards brutal nihilism with its desire to forcibly replace everything other than itself' (pp. 26-7). He correctly states that Jihadis are 'empowered because of the way in which they understand the relationship between belief, knowledge, action, and spiritual legitimacy' (p. 12). It is thus not just the history of an idea as the somewhat understated subtitle of the book suggests, but the power of

ISBN: 978-0190651121) Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea deals author employs a multidisciplinary analysis that with one of the most pertinent and complex combines theology, political and social theory, and questions of our times: the appeal and resilience contemporary Middle East studies. As such, the of Salafi-Jihadi movements despite decades of intellectual history of Salafi jihadist ideas that the forced repression including domestic repression, book offers cuts through timeless

Salafi jihadism rests on five doctrinal building blocks that together create a coherent and consistent ideology: jihad (holy war), tawhid (the oneness of God), hakimiyya (true Islamic government), al-wala wal-bara (loyalty to divine truth and disavowal of untruth and polytheism), and takfir (the naming of disbelievers). (There are some partially irreconcilable tenets, however, when it comes to the killing of innocents.) This extremist creed reflects core Islamic beliefs. But the