The Cultural Frame Of Reference Of Salafism And The Demand For Recognition

Abstract

This article deals with what we consider to be an important issue, namely the religious-cultural frame of reference of the Salafi current in the context of its cultural-religious discussions with the official religious institution. It is trying to advance the process of gaining recognition through the discourse and perceptions it has disseminated in society in order to shape a new religious identity and form of religiosity. This is a religious culture based on four constitutive elements: First, faith, which interprets life and defines origins, where Salafism has debated the choice of the official religious institution represented by the Ash’ari creed. Secondly, the sharia (school of jurisprudence) to which the community must submit in order to achieve the goals of the creed, where we refer to the Salafi position on the tradition of the Maliki school. The third element is the rituals that represent the religious acts that apply the principles of faith and define the sacred spiritual and material time and place, at this level Salafism faces the choice of the official religious institution for Sufism as behaviour and practice. The fourth and final element is the human community that believes in the same beliefs and practices them, here we will present the issue of citizenship in the political culture of Salafism. Finally, we say that culture comes from all directions and absorbs from more than one source.