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 == A Really Bad Article == 

 Omg, this is one of the worst articles I've read on this site, ok I've done alot of changes and I'm here to till you what parts I edited and what parts I added 

 first, I edited this part ""and encouraging struggle (jihad) of varying degrees, such as juhadul nafs (struggling to overcome unwanted desires within one's self) and jihadul ilm (the struggle to obtain or increase oneself and others in knowledge)""...do you know any Islamic madh'hab that doesn't encourage and support that, or is this just to draw attention to the word ""Jihad"". and ""alafis place great emphasis on prayer and to ritual practices in many activities in life  the right hand should always be used when eating, water is to be drunk with pauses between every few swallows and beginning things with the saying of Bismillah (in the name of Allah)   so as to follow the example of Muhammad and his companions and make religion, patience and prayer activities in their everyday life.""....also what Islamic Madh'had doesn't put greta emphasis on all of these things?..c'mmon man!! 

 second, ""alafism differs from the earlier contemporary Islamic revival movements of Islamism from the early 1900s to the early 1980s, in that (at least many) Salafis reject not only Western ideologies such as socialism and capitalism, but also common Western concepts like political parties and governmental revolution. Muslims should not engage in Western activities like politics, ""even by giving them an Islamic slant."" Globalized Islam  the Search for a New Ummah, by Olivier Roy, Columbia University Press, 2004 (p.245) Instead, Muslims should stick to Islamic activities, particularly dawah and learning. Salafis promote sharia rather than an Islamic political program or state.""...this is absolutely false, nothing is true in that, who said Salafis prohibit politics?...matter fact we encourage enaging in politics as they believe Islam is involved in all parts of the muslim's life spiritually, socially, financially as well as plitically. 
 :This is absolutely true. There were no ideologies, no political parties, no talk about social justice (as opposed to God's justice) during the time of the Prophet and salafi, and so today salafi do not talk or think about these things. I don't doubt angry undergrads calling themselves salafi talk about them, but we are talking about serious salafi such as http://www.salafipublications.com      

 ^^^Man you're wrong, Ibnul Qayyim who is one of the most respectable salafi schlars has a book called Islamic Politics, Ibn Taymiya spoke greatly about politics, you just don""t understand the concept of politics in islam, you think politics is only political parties and stuff, and that's wrong, please nobody re-edit this again 
 :Saying ""no, you're wrong"" and making a bunch of unsubstantiated claims do not constitute proof.  You also shouldn't make major edits without discussing it first.  That's two counts against you.  If you tamper with this article again, it will be reverted.  Also, please log in when making edits.   

 ...Now I also added this ""However non of the medh'habs are to be followed blindly as Salafis oppose following any of the four madh'habs blindly or exclusively but varying and comparing opinions with scripts of the Quran and authentic hadieth(as all of their narrations must be linked back to Muhammad and the first three generations of Muslims) and in some rare cases they choose opinions that totally differ with the four madhhabs.""....I really felt the need to clarify the salafi view on the four schools of fiqh or the four madh'habs. 

  
 : More specifically:  
 :: What the hell is this about Salafism that started post-NINETEEN70s? Are you serious? Where did this information come from? 
 :::You are refering to Salafism differs from the earlier contemporary Islamic revival movements of Islamism of the 1970s and 1980s,? It comes from a serious scholar. (Globalized Islam  the Search for a New Ummah, by Olivier Roy, Columbia University Press, 2004 (p.245) Much more reliable than angry undergrads, don't you know.   
 ::bid`ah means innovation. has nothing to do with the word foreign. please correct such ridiculousness. 
 :: who wrote the country watches? they're kind of meaningless.  
 ::  
 I just removed a very glaring factual/historical error, i'm probably not the only one who picked up on it.  Under history of Salafism, it referenced a number of Egyptian scholars in the 19th century, long after the Salafi movement had begun in Saudi.  I was a bit confused and checked the articles on individuals su