Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea
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| Author | Shiraz Maher |
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| Publisher | C. Hurst & Co. |
Publication date | 2015 |
Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea is a 2016 book by British policy analyst Shiraz Maher.
Salafi-Jihadism focuses on the religious basis of jihadism.[1] According to Maher, Salafi jihadism is based on five doctrines of faith: jihad in the sense of holy war, tawhid, (the oneness of God), hakimiyya (meaning true Islamic government), al-wala wal-bara (loyalty to divine truth and rejection of untruth and polytheism), and takfir (the naming of disbelievers).[1]
The Guardian newspaper describes Salafi-Jihadism as one of "the best books to understand modern terrorism," describing it as providing "insight into the theological frameworks adopted by many proponents of terror today without falling into arcane arguments about Islamic law."[2]