plural of Salafi

(Islam) Of or pertaining to Salafism.

(Islam) An adherent of Salafism.

(Islam) An Islamist ideology calling for a struggle to reclaim what adherents see as the pure, true form of Sunni Islam as exemplified by the first three generations of Muslims.

plural of Salafist

An adherent of Salafism.

Of, or pertaining to Salafism

(Islam) A movement comparing itself to Sunni Islam, claiming to taking the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models.