Why I Am a Salafi

by Michael Muhammad Knight

Book Overview

The Salafi movement invests supreme Islamic authority in the precedents of the Salaf, the first three generations of Muslims, who represent a "Golden Age" from which all subsequent eras can only decline. In Why I Am a Salafi, Michael Muhammad Knight confronts the problem of origins, questioning the possibility of accessing pure Islam through its canonical texts.

Why I Am a Salafi is also a confrontation of Knight's own origins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593766068
• ISBN13: 9781593766061
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Catapult
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"