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Professor in Islamic Thought, Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Batata University, Algeria
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PhD in History of Islam, level 4 of Fiqh and Usul of the Seminary, member of the Department of History and Sirah, the Hajj and Pilgrimage Research Institute
Abstract
The Association of Algerian Muslim ʿUlamā is one of the most famousreligious-cultural organizations in Algeria. The reputation of thisAssociation, in the history of the reforms and culture, goes beyond Algeria andcovers many countries around the world. There are dual perspectives about therelationship between this Association and the Salafi movement which has led todoubts about the subject. The discussion of the reasons for this relationship, based on the words and deeds of the prominent members and the founders of thisAssociation, is the main topic of this article proven by a narrative-historicalanalysis. The explicit expressions of many prominent members of thisAssociation with regard to the reliance of the Association on the Salafimovement, supporting the Wahhabi movement in Algeria through vindicating andlegitimating it in many works and articles of these members, acknowledging thecloseness and equality of the intellectual and ideological foundations at theroots of the most fundamental issues like monotheism and polytheism, and themutual support and relationship between Wahhabi rulers and the members of theAssociation are among these reasons. Based on this analysis, an initial denialof the attribution to Wahhabism by the members of the Association and a publiccall for anti-Wahhabi groups at the beginning of the formation of thisAssociation are based on the public hatred of the traditional Algerian societytowards Wahhabism as an extremist sect which is beyond the framework of Islamicreligions and getting an opportunity to set up and stabilize the place of theAssociation in the traditional Algerian society which is strongly influenced bySufism.
Abulehyeh,N. A. and Nejati,M. S. (2021). The Discussion of the Reasons for the Relationship between the Association of Algerian Muslim ʿUlamā and the Extreme Salafism. Hajj and Ziarah Research Journal, 5(3), 29-47.
MLA
Abulehyeh,N. A. , and Nejati,M. S. . "The Discussion of the Reasons for the Relationship between the Association of Algerian Muslim ʿUlamā and the Extreme Salafism", Hajj and Ziarah Research Journal, 5, 3, 2021, 29-47.
HARVARD
Abulehyeh N. A., Nejati M. S. (2021). 'The Discussion of the Reasons for the Relationship between the Association of Algerian Muslim ʿUlamā and the Extreme Salafism', Hajj and Ziarah Research Journal, 5(3), pp. 29-47.
CHICAGO
N. A. Abulehyeh and M. S. Nejati, "The Discussion of the Reasons for the Relationship between the Association of Algerian Muslim ʿUlamā and the Extreme Salafism," Hajj and Ziarah Research Journal, 5 3 (2021): 29-47,
VANCOUVER
Abulehyeh N. A., Nejati M. S. The Discussion of the Reasons for the Relationship between the Association of Algerian Muslim ʿUlamā and the Extreme Salafism. Hajj and Ziarah Research Journal, 2021; 5(3): 29-47.
