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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-16366-9 — Salafism in Jordan Joas Wagemakers Index More Information Index ʿAbbadi, Ziyad al-, 161 ahl al-raʾy, 30, 31, 237, 240, See also ahl al- ʿAbd al-Nasir, Gamal, 5, 37, 38, 111 hadíth ˙ ʿAbdallah. See King ʿAbdallah ahl al-Sunna wa-l-jama¯ʿa, 29, 237, 238, ʿAbdallah II. See King ʿAbdallah II 242, See also Islam, Sunni Islam ʿAbduh, Muhammad, 35 ahl-e had¯thı , 33, 34 ˙ abode of Islam. See da¯r al-Isla¯m Al al-Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAziz b. Abu Ghudda, ʿAbd al-Fattah, 102, 103 ʿAbdallah, 112 Abu Hanifa al-Nuʿman b. Thabit, 46 Al al-Shaykh, Muhammad b. Ibrahim, 52, Abu Haniyya, Hasan, 6, 18, 151, 157, 104, 130, 182 205, 209 Al Nasr, Muhammad b. Musa, 61, 67, 68, Abu Jaʿfar Ahmad b. Muhammad al- 79, 107, 115, 116, 118, 137, 139, 140, Tahawi. See Tahawi, Abu Jaʿfar 152, 155, 161, 190 Ahmad b. Muhammad al- Al Zaydan, ʿUmar Mahdi, 186, 187 Abu Layla l-Athari, Muhammad Albani, Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-, 2, 17, Ahmad, 115 18, 43, 52, 55, 61, 64, 65, 72, 87, 99, Abu l-Harith, ʿAbd al-Fattah ʿUmar, 206 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 119, Abu l-Hasan al-Ashʿari. See Ashʿari, Abu l- 120, 121, 124, 126, 127, 128, 131, Hasan al- 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi. See Maqdisi, 139, 150, 161, 165, 168, 169, 171, Abu Muhammad al- 190, 202, 213, 224, 231 Abu Qatada al-Filastini. See Filastini, Abu banned from Jordan, 108 Qatada al- childhood of, 100–1, 230 Abu Qura, ʿAbd al-Latif, 10 criticism of, 103–4 Abu Ruhayyim, Muhammad, 76, 80, 81, death of, 24, 59, 95, 117, 118–19, 127, 124–37, 143, 162, 192, 194, 205, 229, 132, 134, 138, 143, 157, 163, 164, 231, 233 192, 196, 230, 231, 235 Abu Rumman, Muhammad, 6, 18, 142, in Jordan, 95, 105–9, 132, 184, 230 143, 151, 157, 207, 209 in Saudi Arabia, 17, 104–5 Abu Sayyaf. See Shalabi, Muhammad al- in Syria, 100–4, 105, 138, 184 Abu ʿUmar, ʿUmar b. Mahmud. See independent attitude of, 24, 54, 70–1, 74, Filastini, Abu Qatada al- 107, 137, 139, 143, 158, 202, 220, acts with the limbs. See ¯maı ¯n, aʿma¯l bi-l- 229, 230, 234 jawa¯rih, al- influence on Salafism in Jordan, 23, 55, ˙ advice. See nas¯hı a (pl. nasa¯ʾih) 95, 96, 100–9, 229, 230, 236 ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ Advisory Council for Fatwas, 147 on fiqh al-wa¯qiʿ,84 Afghani, Jamal al-Din al-, 35 on had¯thı criticism, 17, 118 ˙ Afghanistan, 58, 180 on ¯maı ¯n and kufr,75–8, 79, 80, 81, 189, Afghan Arabs fighting in, 58, 180, 181, 190, 191, 192–5, 196, 229, 230, 183, 185 231, 233 American invasion of (2001), 144 on politics, 83–4, 88, 89, 91, 204, ahl al-had¯thı , 30, 31, 33, 237, See also ahl al- 220, 224 ˙ ra´y on takf¯rı ,75–8 289 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-16366-9 — Salafism in Jordan Joas Wagemakers Index More Information 290 Index Albani (cont.) Ashʿariyya, 41, 42, 47, 102, 151, See also on tasfiya wa-l-tarbiya, al-, 82–4 kala¯m; Maturidiyya; theology ˙ on wala¯ʾ wa-l-bara¯ʾ, al-, 68 asking non-Muslims for help. See wala¯ʾ wa- on tark al-sala¯t,80 l-bara¯ʾ, al-, istiʿa¯na bi-l-kuffa¯r, al- ˙ onties with Muslim Brotherhood in Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 100 Jordan, 106, 219 ʿAttar, ʿIsam al-, 102 onties with Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, ʿAwayisha, Husayn al-, 79, 107, 116, 118, 102–3 137, 139, 161, 190, 223, 224 Albani, Nuh Najati l-, 100, 101 ʿAwda, Salman al-, 55, 109, 110, 111 Albania, 100, 102, 230 Azhar University, Al-, 98, 99, 132, 158, 230 Shkodër, 100 Algeria, 38, 88, 217 Bahrain, 142 ʿAli b. Abi Talib, 72, 196 Banna, Hasan al-, 10, 106, 112 Alon, Yoav, 3 bara¯ʾ. See wala¯ʾ wa-l-bara¯ʾ, al- Alusi, Mahmud Shukri al-, 35 Barqawi, ʿIsam al-. See Maqdisi, Abu America. See United States of America Muhammad al- Amman Interfaith Message, 148, 151 Barqawi, Yusuf al-, 99, 100 Amman Message, 148 Batiri, Waʾil al-, 122, 123, 205, 208 amr bi-l-maʿr¯uf wa-l-nahy ʿan al-munkar, al-, bayʿa, 87, 91, 215, 216, 222, 237 62, 203, 223 Bayʿat al-Imam, 183 Ansar al-Sunna al-Muhammadiyya, 55 Bayram, Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman Nur al- anthropomorphism, 41 Din, 186 apostasy. See ridda belief in the heart. See ¯maı ¯n, iʿtiqa¯d bi-l- apostate. See murtadd (pl. murtadd¯un) qalb, al- ʿaq¯daı , 34, 39–50, 51, 60, 66, 67, 71, 82, 91, Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine. See Ibn ʿAli, Zayn 97, 111, 118, 125, 131, 153, 155, 170, al-ʿAbidin 194, 208, 228, 237, 240 bidʿa (pl. bidaʿ), 43, 51, 66, 67, 89, 91, 99, ʿaql, 35, 41, 42, 51 101, 105, 163, 228, 229, 237, 241, 242 Aqsa Mosque, Al-, 4, 213 Bin Laden, Osama, 2, 58 Arab nationalism, 4, 10 Bitar, Muhammad Bahjat al-, 101 Arab Revolt (1916), 4 blind emulation. See taql¯dı Arab Spring, 18, 24, 57, 146, 166, 186, 188, Bosnia, 64, 86 200, 201, 202, 217–19, 220, 221, Bu l-Nit, Muhammad, 192, 193 222–6, 234 Buʿazizi, Muhammad al-, 201 Arabian Peninsula, 3, 33, See also Saudi Bunton, Martin, 1 Arabia Bush, George W., 144 Arab-Israeli conflict, 5–6, 10, 18, 53, 69, Buti, Muhammad Saʿid Ramadan al-, 155, 212, 213, See also Israel; 65, 103 Palestinians Butush, ʿUmar al-, 161 Black September, 5, 11 intifada (1987), 180 call to Islam. See daʿwa Oslo Accords (1993), 6, 181 Canada, 169 peace negotiations, 6, 181 chaos. See fitna (pl. fitan) Wadi ʿAraba Agreement (1994), 6, 144, Christianity, 3, 39, 50, 71, 86, 96, 148, 158, 147, 181 173, 174 war in 1948, 5 Bible, 71 war in 1967, 5, 37, 38, 228 Greek Orthodoxy, 3 war in 1973, 106 Roman Catholicism, 158 Zionism, 4, 10 Vatican, 158 Arnaʾut, ʿAbd al-Qadir al-, 102 Christians. See Christianity Asad, Bashar al-, 16, 217, 222 cleansing and teaching. See tasfiya wa-l-tar- ˙ Asala, Al-, 22, 62, 81, 115, 118, 134, 135, biya, al- 137, 138, 152, 153 Cleveland, William L., 1 ʿAsʿas, Ibrahim al-, 65, 66, 205, 211, 212 Cold War, 58 Ashʿari, Abu l-Hasan al-, 47, 48 colonialism, 4 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-16366-9 — Salafism in Jordan Joas Wagemakers Index More Information Index 291 commanding right and forbidding wrong. fa¯siq, 49, See also kab¯raı (pl. kaba¯ʾir); ka¯fir See amr bi-l-maʿr¯uf wa-l-nahy ʿan al- (pl. kuffa¯r); kufr; maʿsiya; murtadd (pl. ˙ munkar, al- murtadd¯un); ridda; shirk; takf¯rı ; takf¯rı ¯ı Common Word, A, 148 fatwas, 7, 21, 22, 54, 70, 104, 112, 114, compulsion. See ikra¯h 124, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 135, compulsory of the religion. See ¯maı ¯n, wa¯jib 138, 148, 149, 163, 175, 189, 190, al-d¯nı 218, 231 confession of faith. See shaha¯da Fawzan, Salih b. Fawzan al-, 51, 52, 182 consensus. See ijma¯ʿ Fi Zilal al-Qurʾan, 111 considered opinion. See ra´y Filastini, Abu Qatada al-, 2, 16, 185, 186, conspiracies, 68–9, 72, 73, 167, 211 187, 188, 191, 192, 193, 195, 198 consultation. See sh¯urá fiqh, 34, 74, 83, 101, 104, 118, 208 conviction. See iʿtiqa¯d fiqh al-wa¯qiʿ, 84, 85, 229, 238 creed. See ʿaq¯daı firqa al-na¯jiya, al-, 40, 42, 66, 228, 237, Crusaders, 69 238, 242, See also ta¯ʾifa al-mans¯ura,al- ˙ ˙ First World War, 4 Dar al-Athariyya, Al-, 168, 235 fitna (pl. fitan), 74, 87, 119, 143, 165, 198, da¯r al-Isla¯m, 53, 57 223, 224, 238, 241 Dar al-ʿUthmaniyya, Al-, 235 Fitnat al-Takfir, 127, 128 daʿwa, 52, 53, 63, 82, 84, 85, 86, 90, 100, Foley, Lawrence, 145, 146 105, 107, 120, 133, 135, 138, 139, following the sources. See ittiba¯ʿ 140, 153, 154, 155, 157, 169, 174, Fox Tree, Erich, 28 182, 183, 203, 206, 207, 208, 214, Front Islamique du Salut (FIS), 88, 217 221, 224, 225, 228, 229, 234 Dawsari, Muhammad b. Salim al-, 130, Gauvain, Richard, 19 131 gender-mixing. See ikhtila¯t ˙ Dawud, Hayil ʿAbd al-Hafiz, 150 Gerges, Fawaz, 57 democracy, 88, 89, 90, 156, 181, 182, 203, Gharaibeh, Mohammed, 41 216, 217, 229, 241, See also elections; Ghost Dance movement, 28 sh¯urá ghuraba¯ʾ (sing. ghar¯bı ), 42, 43, 228 demonstrations, 55, 56, 85, 201, 218, 223, Goldstein, Baruch, 183 224, 225, 234, 238 Great Britain, 4, 145, 184, 185 Dhunaybat, ʿAbd al-Majid al-, 90, 91 London, 58, 185 Dhuwayb, Ahmad al-, 215, 216, 217, 218 Greater Syria. See Sham, Al- disavowal. See bara¯ʾ grounded utopian movements, 28 disobedience. See maʿsiya Guatemala, 28 ˙ Dubai, 18 Gulf War, 55, 56, 69, 70, 109, 111, 113, 140, 179, 180, 181, 230, 232 education. See tasfiya wa-l-tarbiya, al- ˙ Egypt, 1, 37, 38, 39, 95, 98, 106, 109, Hadi, ʿIsam, 70, 84, 121 111, 186, 201, 203, 218, 222, 224, had¯thı s, 2, 17, 19, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 39, ˙ 225, 226, 230, 234 40, 42, 43, 61, 64, 65, 67, 70, 74, 83, Cairo, 38, 98, 158, 225 101, 102, 103, 104, 107, 118, 159, elections, 11, 52, 55, 88, 147, 156, 181, 168, 171, 172, 173, 191, 210, 230, 182, 204, 216, 229, See also democ- 237, 238, 241, 242, See also Prophet racy; sh¯urá Muhammad; Sunna emigration.
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