Salafism

Salafism is a political movement’s reinterpretation and redefinition of religion, and this interpretation is based on a hadith-centered understanding of religion and transforms Arab culture and customs and the general philosophy of the Umayyad state into a religious discourse. This discourse has undergone some changes in the historical process and has come to the present day.Salafism has undergone some evolutions in the historical process and has reached the present day by dividing into two branches: “soft Salafism” and “hard Salafism”. When religion is separated from its original form and distorted, it becomes the source of unrest, war, betrayal, fratricidal bloodshed, anger, and cruelty for humanity in the world. Such a religion is opium. It has a narcotic effect on people. And the drugged people and the large masses of these people turn into an opportunity for those who want to rule these masses. If the Islamic world returns to and embraces this heritage, it will have returned to its essence both in religious beliefs (faith, worship, and treatment) and in the positive sciences (science, philosophy, science, and technology), in art, and in all areas of life. It will be a center of civilization that catches up with the age and even determines the next age. Otherwise, there is no chance for the Islamic world to get out of the quagmire it is in with other religions and sects.