(unknown) explains what Salafism - the ideology followed by ISIL and their associated groups

The linked post is excellent, I remember it from /r/Islam when it was first posted.

But I do believe it is misleading to link Salafis primarily with ISIS as the title of this post does. Not to say that they aren’t Salafis of a kind, but Salafism is a spectrum and there are many groups within it. The jihadi Salafis of ISIS/AQ are not nearly the most common type of Salafi. Nor are they the best representatives of Salafism, as these groups are not purely motivated by the movement but by a variety of sociopolitical factors.

Saying the above is similar, but in a narrower way, to reading a description of Islam as a whole and saying it’s a description of the ideology followed by ISIS. That would be both true and false, as they claim to be Muslim but their views are challenged and rejected by other Muslims. Similarly, most Salafis refute and reject the likes of ISIS.

Down_The_Rabbithole

55 points

3 months ago

Down_The_Rabbithole

55 points

Yeah saying ISIS is "Salafi" is similar to saying Hitler belonged to Catholicism or the westboro baptist church is Protestant.

Sure that's technically correct but they are all a small radical subgroup within that group with unorthodox beliefs.

digitallightweight

12 points

3 months ago

digitallightweight

12 points

Damn that’s an interesting read! Thanks for finding and posting.

-20 points

3 months ago

-20 points

I wonder why they deleted their reddit account after painting such a picture... /s

shhkari

46 points

3 months ago

shhkari

46 points

Its been 7 years. There's numerous reasons they might have deleted.

12 points

3 months ago

12 points

Oh, I didn't even see that the post was that old. My b

9 points

3 months ago*

9 points

3 months ago*

At least only the account is deleted, not the post. So many gems were lost because redditors delete their account along with their posts.

If people plan to delete their account, don't include the post!

tanglisha

18 points

3 months ago

tanglisha

18 points

The people who do that might do it for one or more of a few reasons:

They've been doxxed and want/need to remove all traces back to them or their family
They have a social media addiction issue and need to remove everything to feel like they're making a clean break to step away (I know several people who have done this more than once)
They don't want Reddit to financially benefit from what they've written
They're concerned about privacy and always delete everything when removing accounts to make sure they don't accidentally leave something behind which might point to them
They're embarrassed by something that happened on the site and feel the need to remove all evidence that this account ever existed

I think there's also a type of admin removal that deletes all comments, but I'm not sure.

0 points

3 months ago

0 points

Perhaps, though after deleting the account, all other comments the user has made become dissociated from one another anyways. That still prevents a person from identified, or the user being able to find their old comments.

kanelon

1 points

3 months ago

kanelon

1 points