Salafi (traditional) do not believe in questioning the authority of the ruler/leader.

About 50 years ago, Muslims that immigrated to Europe came looking for jobs and a new future where they continued their Islamic traditions practiced in their countries. Their main aspirations and goals were to work for a brief amount of time and save money in order to return home.

Please pick the incorrect answer: “Arab-Afghans” participated in the following events/organizations

The ability of Islamists to build social capital in civil society has been crucial to their success.

An example of Tribal Islamists

Please pick all the correct answers to: Describe some aspects of the Sunni-Shi’a Divide Sunni-Shi’a divide in Islam:

Shari’ah – also spelled Sharia (pathway in Arabic),  the fundamental religious concept of Islam: its moral & ethical system, namely its law, systematized during the 2nd and 3rd centuries of the Muslim era (8th–9th centuries ce)

Some characteristics of the rise of “Islam in the System” in North Africa: Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria: 1) Post-independence governments were initially concerned with cultural, social and religious issues; 2) then these governments pursued socialist, nationalist agendas and became more & more authoritarian; and 3) the religious movements in those countries inched their way into the political arena, expressing opposition to the “Left” and later to the increasing authoritarian form of governance.

Since 1979 revolution – Iran has experienced two non-class power structures: 1) populsim and 2) clientelism

Salafis and Salafism represents an effort to purify Islam of external or cultural influences and return to the model of the Prophet and his earliest companions.