English noun: Salafism | |||
1. | Salafism (cognition) 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 world | ||
Synonyms | Salafi movement | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism | ||