Salafism — İlyas Bozkurt

Salafism is a political movement s reinterpretation and redefinition of religion and this interpretation is based on a hadith centered understanding of religion and transforms Arab culture and customs and the general philosophy of the Umayyad state into a religious discourse This discourse has undergone some changes in the historical process and has come to the present day Salafism has undergone some evolutions in the historical process and has reached the present day by dividing into two branches soft Salafism and hard Salafism When religion is separated from its original form and distorted it becomes the source of unrest war betrayal fratricidal bloodshed anger and cruelty for humanity in the world Such a religion is opium It has a narcotic effect on people And the drugged people and the large masses of these people turn into an opportunity for those who want to rule these masses If the Islamic world returns to and embraces this heritage it will have returned to its essence both in religious beliefs faith worship and treatment and in the positive sciences science philosophy science and technology in art and in all areas of life It will be a center of civilization that catches up with the age and even determines the next age Otherwise there is no chance for the Islamic world to get out of the quagmire it is in with other religions and sects