Salafi jihadism

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Salafi jihadism is a militant Sunni Islamist ideology that combines strict Salafi religious doctrine with the belief that armed jihad is a legitimate and necessary means to establish an Islamic state.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Salafi jihadism canonical 40
Salafi-jihadism 6
Jihadism 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamist ideology ⓘ
militant ideology ⓘ
religious-political movement ⓘ
advocates armed jihad ⓘ
associatedWithConcept global jihad ⓘ
martyrdom operations ⓘ
restoration of the caliphate ⓘ
basedOnDoctrine Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
characterizedBy intolerance toward dissenting views ⓘ
rejection of traditional Islamic jurisprudential pluralism ⓘ
rigid literalism ⓘ
claimsLegitimacyFrom Quran ⓘ
hadith ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Muslim Brotherhood-style Islamism ⓘ
non-violent Salafism ⓘ
emergedInPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
emphasizes strict adherence to early Islamic practices ⓘ
encourages hijra to conflict zones ⓘ
framesConflictAs cosmic struggle between true Islam and unbelief ⓘ
gainedProminenceDuring Afghan-Soviet war ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War
goal establishment of an Islamic state ⓘ
implementation of strict sharia law ⓘ
hasTransnationalCharacter true ⓘ
ideologicallyOpposes Shiism ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

Sufism ⓘ
Western influence in Muslim societies ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
secularism ⓘ
influencedBy Islamist political thought ⓘ
Salafi theology ⓘ
jihadist interpretations of Islamic law ⓘ
justifiesViolenceThrough selective scriptural interpretation ⓘ
linkedTo various designated terrorist organizations ⓘ
prefers direct action and violence ⓘ
promotes takfir of perceived apostate Muslims ⓘ
rejects gradualist political participation ⓘ
nationalist boundaries ⓘ
religiousBranchOf Sunni Islam ⓘ
seeksTo purify Muslim societies from perceived innovations ⓘ
seesDemocracyAs incompatible with divine sovereignty ⓘ
supports violent struggle against perceived enemies of Islam ⓘ
targets Western states ⓘ
local regimes deemed apostate ⓘ
religious minorities ⓘ
uses propaganda and media for recruitment ⓘ
viewsJihadAs individual religious duty ⓘ
legitimate means of political change ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Osama bin Laden → movement → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Ayman al-Zawahiri → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Jalaluddin Haqqani → movement → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu Ayyub al-Masri → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abdullah Azzam → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
al-Shabaab → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Saif al-Adel → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Islamism → hasVariant → Salafi Islamism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Maktab al-Khidamat → hasIdeology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Knights Under the Prophet’s Banner → ideologicalOrientation → Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Lashkar-e-Taiba → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Wail al-Shehri → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Boko Haram → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Baga massacre → perpetratorIdeology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Nyanya bombings → ideologyOfPerpetrator → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Mubi bombings → religiousIdeology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abdelmalek Droukdel → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud → movement → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
2005 Nalchik raid → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Ibn al-Khattab → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
subject linked to: Ibn al‑Khattab
Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
ISGS → ideology → Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Rumiyah → hasIdeology → Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
subject linked to: Rumiyah magazine
linked to: Salafi jihadism
AQI → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan → ideology → Jihadism ⓘ
subject linked to: Pakistani Taliban (TTP)
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Abu Hamza al-Muhajir → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Inspire magazine → ideology → Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi jihadism
2015 Sheikh Zuweid attack → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Muhammad Abd al-Salam Faraj → ideology → Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi jihadism
ISWAP → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu al-Hussein
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu al-Hasan
Wilayat Barqa → ideology → Salafi-jihadism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi jihadism
Wilayat al-Yaman → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
LeT → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Zafar Iqbal → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Haji Bakr → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu Ali al-Anbari → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ
Abu Muhammad al-Furqan → ideology → Salafi jihadism ⓘ