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Islam vs Salafism

Salafism vs Islam

Islam and Salafism both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Islam Yes No No No
Salafism Yes No No No
As nouns, Salafism is a hyponym of Islam; that is, Salafism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Islam:
  • Islam: 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
  • Salafism: 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
Other hyponyms of Islam include Mahdism, Salafi movement, Shiism, Wahabism, Wahhabism, Alawism, Ash'arism.
Islam (noun) Salafism (noun)
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 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
the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion
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