Apr 5, 2006 10:15
18 yrs ago
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Arabic term
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English
salafita or salafista
Arabic to English
Law/Patents
Religion
In reference to Islamic militant group.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +14 | salafi |
Michael McCain (X)
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| 5 +1 | السلفية والسلفيين والتيار السلفى |
hatemfathy
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| 4 | Salafis |
A Nabil Bouitieh
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| 3 | salafist group |
Abu Arman
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Proposed translations
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salafi
From wikipedia:
"Salafi (Arabic سلفي referring to early Muslim), from the Arabic word Salaf سلف (literally meaning predecessors or early generations), is an adherent of a contemporary movement in Sunni Islam that is sometimes called Salafism or Wahhabism. Salafis themselves insist that their beliefs are simply pure Islam as practiced by the first three generations of Muslims and that they should not be regarded as a sect. Most do not like to be called Wahhabis, although this name was acceptable in the past. (cont'd)..."
Wiki says this definition is "disputed", but this should be helpful in any case.
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-04-05 10:35:09 GMT)
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'Salafista' appears to be the Italian and/or Spanish translation of Salafi. See:
www.repubblica.it/2004/i/sezioni/esteri/iraq33/salafiti/sal... :
"Il termine salafita (o salafista) deriva dalla parola araba 'salaf', letteralmente 'antenato'. Il primo a propugnare la 'Salafiyya' fu il riformatore..."
Perhaps someone else can confirm.
"Salafi (Arabic سلفي referring to early Muslim), from the Arabic word Salaf سلف (literally meaning predecessors or early generations), is an adherent of a contemporary movement in Sunni Islam that is sometimes called Salafism or Wahhabism. Salafis themselves insist that their beliefs are simply pure Islam as practiced by the first three generations of Muslims and that they should not be regarded as a sect. Most do not like to be called Wahhabis, although this name was acceptable in the past. (cont'd)..."
Wiki says this definition is "disputed", but this should be helpful in any case.
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Note added at 19 mins (2006-04-05 10:35:09 GMT)
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'Salafista' appears to be the Italian and/or Spanish translation of Salafi. See:
www.repubblica.it/2004/i/sezioni/esteri/iraq33/salafiti/sal... :
"Il termine salafita (o salafista) deriva dalla parola araba 'salaf', letteralmente 'antenato'. Il primo a propugnare la 'Salafiyya' fu il riformatore..."
Perhaps someone else can confirm.
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sam Berner (X)
0 min
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| agree |
Zeinab Asfour
: السلفية
4 mins
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| agree |
Iman Khaireddine
25 mins
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| agree |
ahmadwadan.com
1 hr
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| agree |
Ahmed Dahman
1 hr
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| agree |
Mona Ragaei
2 hrs
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| agree |
atef Sharia
2 hrs
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| agree |
Hassan Al-Haifi (wordforword)
3 hrs
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| agree |
Ala Rabie
6 hrs
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| agree |
Timothy Brooks
15 hrs
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| agree |
Dr.Dina
: agree
23 hrs
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| agree |
Abu Arman
: though I would prefer "salafiST" (see below)
2 days 1 hr
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| agree |
Hossam Ahmed
2 days 19 hrs
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| agree |
Nagwan Noaman
: for more about alda'3wah alsalafiyyah plz check: http://www.spubs.com/sps/sp.cfm?subsecID=SLF02&articleID=SLF...
7 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Michael and everyone for your help!"
26 mins
A Nabil Bouitieh
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
United Kingdom
35+ Years in Translation Field
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Egyptian, Iraqi) 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
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Salafis
A Salafi (Arabic سلفي referring to early Muslim), from the Arabic word Salaf سلف (literally meaning predecessors or early generations), is an adherent of a contemporary movement in Sunni Islam that is sometimes called Salafism or Wahhabism. Salafis themselves insist that their beliefs are simply pure Islam as practiced by the first three generations of Muslims and that they should not be regarded as a sect. Most do not like to be called Wahhabis, although this name was acceptable in the past.
This is also from wikipdia as Michael refered you to. Hope this helps you. Good Luck.
This is also from wikipdia as Michael refered you to. Hope this helps you. Good Luck.
Reference:
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1 hr
hatemfathy
Native in Arabic
Works in field
Accuracy and Confidentiality guarnteed
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
السلفية والسلفيين والتيار السلفى
As my colleagues were not so sure of there answeres, I just wanted to confirm that this term bacame widley used among specialists in security field both British and Americans.
Nowadays Salafists are accused to carry out most of the relgious related acts of violence that couldn't be linked to a major terrorist organization like Jihad or El-Qaeda.
(Answer from Trans. Division Egyptian MOI)
Nowadays Salafists are accused to carry out most of the relgious related acts of violence that couldn't be linked to a major terrorist organization like Jihad or El-Qaeda.
(Answer from Trans. Division Egyptian MOI)
Peer comment(s):
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Nagwan Noaman
: agree with the arabic equivalents but don't agree what u said about alda'wah alsalafiyyah. who is accused of hte violence acts are " gama'at alhijrah wa altakfeer".The people who call themselves salafis in Algeria aren't actually salafis they're takfeer
7 days
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2 days 2 hrs
Abu Arman
Specializes in field
salafist group
"salafist" has obviously outdone "salafi" as the most common English translation/term in the respective discourse; the "st"-ending also bears some kind of additional "-ism" connotation, which can be in my humble opinion easily justified by the given context...
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