Salafi movement

Definitions of Salafi movement

1. noun

   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: Salafism

   type of:

   Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism

   the monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran