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Understanding Salafism

Seeking the Path of the Pious Predecessors

Yasir Qadhi

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English
Oneworld Academic
12 June 2025
The Salafi movement invokes fear and dread in outsiders who treat

Salafism as synonymous with religious extremism. For Salafis themselves,

it’s a jealously guarded title, always in danger of dilution. Salafism

has changed the face of Islam; its ideas reach far outside its own

ranks. Yet popular portrayals never go beyond hackneyed stereotypes.

In

Understanding Salafism, Dr Yasir Qadhi delves into the origins of the

movement, from the earliest debates in Islam to Salafism today, in both

the Western and Islamic worlds. In an analysis covering Salafism in the

Middle East, Europe, the United States and Africa, he illuminates

Salafism’s theological ideas, the debates within Salafism about

political participation, and its relationship to other schools in Sunni

Islam.
By:  
Imprint:   Oneworld Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 48mm
ISBN:   9781786078483
ISBN 10:   1786078481
Pages:   608
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Yasir Qadhi is a resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center in Texas, and dean of the Islamic Seminary of America. He is one of the few people who has combined a traditional Eastern Islamic seminary education with Western academic training in the study of Islam. He has a bachelor’s degree from the Islamic University of Madinah, a master’s from the College of Dawah, and a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Reviews for Understanding Salafism: Seeking the Path of the Pious Predecessors

'Understanding Salafism meets a daunting challenge: tracing a vibrant and influential genealogy of ideas and practice, as protean as it is influential, across twelve centuries. The author, both an insider and outsider to this tradition, lays it out in full, from abstruse but still vital theological debates in medieval Baghdad to the very worldly politics of extremist movements today. This is a one-stop shop for those who want to know what Salafism is, where it came from, and how it's contested.' Jonathan A. C. Brown, author of Misquoting Muhammad 'Yasir Qadhi’s Understanding Salafism is a true gem. Once the leading voice of Salafism in the Anglosphere but having moved on from its sectarian impulses, Qadhi provides an academically robust and comprehensive account of Salafism that displays intimate knowledge of its theology and social networks and profound sensitivity to its historical contingency.' Jon Hoover, author of Ibn Taymiyya


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