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Bin Laden, AlQaeda, and Salafi Jihad: Interview With Eric Vandenbroeck

Bin Laden, AlQaeda, and Salafi Jihad: Interview With Eric Vandenbroeck

Eric Vandenbroeck: At the beginning of the twentieth century, the term "Salafiyya" was linked to a transnational movement of Islamic reform whose proponents strove to reconcile their faith with the Enlightenment and modernity. Toward the end of the twentieth century, however, the Salafi movement became inexplicably antithetical to Islamic modernism. Its epicenter moved closer to Saudi Arabia and the term Salafiyya became virtually synonymous with Wahhabism.

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