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Islam, People and Power: The Salafis

Duration: 23 minutes

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Wahhabi Islam is more correctly called salafism. Safa al Ahmad finds that, post the Arab uprisings, the salafis are split between jihadists, democrats and apolitical pietists. Show more

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