Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists pdf

Wahhabism and the Rise of the New Salafists – Theology, Power and Sunni Islam By Namira Nahouza

WAHHABISM AND THE RISE OF THE NEW SALAFISTS

Book contents

• Notes on Transliteration, Translation, Abbreviation and Links xii
• Theological Glossary xiv
• Introduction 1
• Outline of the book 2
• Definition of ‘Salaf’ 3
• Definitions taken from Arabic dictionaries,
• the Qur’an and Hadith 3
• Salaf as: the first three generations after the
• Prophet Muhammad 4
• Salaf as: the central notion in constructing orthodoxy 7
• The Salaf, the Salafists and the issue of the Attributes of God 9
• Limitations of the book 9
• Introduction to Islamic Theological Issues 11
• The origins of the main theological schools 11
• The importance of the issue of the Attributes of God 13
• Summary of Ash‘ari theological arguments 14
• ‘God exists without a place’ 18
• Ambiguous verses and hadiths 19
• Historical Perceptions 23
• The Salaf and the Attributes of God: perceptions of scholars towards a consensus on the position of the Salaf 23
• Additional information on excerpts 24
• al-Bayhaqi (d.1066) 26
• al-Juwayni (d.1085) 27
• al-Nasafi (d.1114) 28
• al-Shahrastani (d.1153) 30
• Ibn al-Jawzi (d.1200) 31
• al-‘Izz ibn ‘Abd al-Salam (d.1262) 32
• al-Nawawi (d.1277) 33
• Ibn Khaldun (d.1406) 35
• Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (d.1449) 37
• Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d.1567) 38
• al-Qari (d.1605) 39
• al-Bayadi (d.1686) 40
• al-Murtada al-Zabidi (d.1791) 42
• Perceptions of opponents to the consensus 43
• Additional information on excerpts 44
• Abu Ya‘la (d.1066) 46
• Ibn al-Zaghuni (d.1133) 49
• Ibn Taymiyya (d.1328) 50
• al-Dhahabi (d.1348) 59
• Wahhabism: A Historical Overview 61
• Wahhabism: a short history 61
• Is there a pre-Wahhabi and post-Wahhabi era? 69
• The naming of his movement: from Wahhabis to Salafis and to Salafists 74
• A typology of Salafists 78
• WAHHABISM AND THE RISE OF THE NEW SALAFISTS
• What was the position of the Wahhabis on the issue of the Attributes of God? 80
• Modern Approaches Since the Rise of Wahhabism 82
• Since the rise of Wahhabism: a consensus on the position of the Salaf 82
• Additional information on excerpts 84
• al-Subki al-Azhari (d.1932) 86
• al-Dujwi (d.1945) 89
• al-Zurqani (d.1947) 89
• al-Quda’i (d.1956) 90
• al-Dusuqi 92
• Diyab 93
• Ibn Marzuq (d.1970) 94
• Ibn ‘Ashur (d.1973) 94
• al-Harari al-Habashi (d.2008) 95
• al-Buti (d.2013) 96
• Recent opposition to this consensus 99
• Additional information on excerpts 100
• Ibn Baz (d.1999) 101
• Muhammad al-‘Uthaymin (d.2001) 103
• al-Fawzan (b.1933) 104
• al-Hawali (b.1954) 107
• al-‘Awda (b.1955) 107
• al-Khudayri 108
• al-Dumayji 109
• ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abd al-Khaliq (b.1939) 109
• IS literature 111
• Abdullah al-Faisal, a supporter of IS 112
• A Vision of History Opposed to Sunni Islam 115
• The ‘traditional’ vision of Islamic history 117
• Two theological schools, four legal schools 118
• A long continuum of scholars 124
• Representing the majority of Muslims 126
• The Salafists’ specific vision of history 129
• Ash‘arism as a misguidance rejected by al-Ash‘ari himself 130
• Notions of rupture 139
• Numeric superiority is not decisive 142
• Referring to ‘Sunnism’: a word of caution 144
• Case Studies on the Debate Around the Attributes of God and its Consequences 148
• Presentation of the ‘Cyber Islamic Environments’ used for these case studies 148
• Debates on the reality of God in Sunni Islam and on anthropomorphism 149
• Salafists recuse the accusation of anthropomorphism 149
• The Sunni Answers blog 154
• The era of YouTube preachers: the example of Abdul Rahman Hassan 158
• Some consequences of this debate 164
• The Khalas blog 164
• A Christian response to Salafist theology 167
• The theology of IS and some of its supporters 169
• Conclusion Scholarly and Strategic Implications of Study 172
• For a redefinition of the theology of the Salafists and of Sunnism 172
• Theology and counter-terrorism 177
• A need for more exploration of classical Islamic
• sources and concepts 180
• Appendix Two Detailed Interpretations by al-Razi 182
• Notes 185
• Bibliography 223
• Index 238

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