Tag: Salafism

Surur, Leading Scholar of Haraki Salafism Dies

One of the major developments in the Islamist movements landscape this year was the death of Sheikh Muhammad Surur, this November. Surur started in the Muslim Brotherhood school of thought then gradually moved into the Haraki Salafi activist current within...

/ November 11, 2016

Morocco: Scrambling to Attract Salafis

A month ahead of the legislative elections on 7 October Salafis emerged as important actors in the Moroccan political landscape. If the rapprochement between the Salafi figure Abdelouahab Rafiqui (Abou Hafs) and the Istiqlal Party has increased gradually since the...

/ September 7, 2016