Dear A Tailor: I understand that your mosque follows the Salifi ideology -Is this correct?:See below taken from Wikipedia - is this a true reflection of the preachings that take place in your Mosque?Some clarification would be appreciated. Many thanks. 'The Salafi methodology, also known as the Salafist movement, is a movement among Sunni Muslims named after the Salaf ("predecessors" or "ancestors"), the earliest Muslims, whom they consider the examples of Islamic practice.[1][2]The movement is often described as related to, including, or synonymous with Wahhabism, but Salafists consider the term Wahhabi derogatory.[3] At other times Salafism is deemed a hybrid of Wahhabism and other movements since the 1960s.[4] Salafism has become associated with literalist, strict and puritanical approaches to Islam and, particularly in the West, with the Salafi Jihadis who espouse violent jihad against civilians as a legitimate expression of Islam,[5] though leading Salafi scholars have condemned attacks on civilians,[6][7][8][9] and Salafi who support such attacks are in a minority.[10]Academics and historians use the term to denote "a school of thought which surfaced in the second half of the 19th century as a reaction to the spread of European ideas," and "sought to expose the roots of modernity within Muslim civilization."[11][12] However contemporary Salafis follow "literal, traditional ... injunctions of the sacred texts", looking to Ibn Taymiyyah rather than the "somewhat freewheeling interpretation" of 19th century figures Muhammad Abduh, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, and Rashid Rida.[11][13]'
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