Takfiri

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The takfiri organization Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Jack Hensley and with the banner in the background.

Takfiri (from the Arabic word تكفيري) are Islamist extremists belonging to the Salafi sect and follow a violent exclusivist ideology. Some people claim that the Takfiri ideology demands the murder of any non-Muslim, and any Muslim opposing the takfiris' goals and claim that takfeeris consider such Muslims as being "no longer Muslim" (see takfir) and thus legitimate targets for attack, rather takfeeris believe in Islam strictly according to the understanding Muhammad and his companions and do not accept any deviation from their path, they reject any form of reform or change from the religion as it was revealed in the time of the prophet, it is upon those who change their religion from Islam to any other way of life, or deny any fundamental foundation Islam, or they worship, follow or obey anything other than Islam, that the takfeeris declare the "takfeer" upon, calling them apostates from Islam and so no longer Muslim. Muslim opponents of the takfiris often view them as modern-day analogues of the Khawarij, a seventh-century terrorist movement which waged war against the Caliphate.

Ideology

Ahmed Rabei was a prominent follower in Egypt. Takfiris are not bound by the usual religious constraints regarding wearing a beard, drinking alcohol, or eating pork when such restrictions would interfere with waging effective jihad. To Takfiris, strict adherence to those laws precludes necessary covert action in defense of Islam. Because Takfiris "blend in," they can organize, plan, and take action necessitated by the overriding duty of Jihad with less risk of identification, interference, or interception.

The term was brought to a more public prominence by the BBC investigative journalist Peter Taylor, in his 2005 BBC television series The New Al Qaeda

See also

• Consequentialism
• Salafism
• Wahabbism

Takfiri organizations

• Al-Qaeda (International)
• Al-Qaeda in Iraq (previously known as Jama'at at-Tawhid wal-Jihad) (Iraq)
• Armed Islamic Group (Algeria)
• Takfir wal-Hijra (Egypt)

External links

• The Clear Proofs for Refuting the Doubts of the People of Takfeer and Bombing!
• Extremism in Takfeer
• al Qaeda as Ecumenical Outreach - at Rotten.com
  
• PWHCE Middle East Project Definition of Takfiri

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