by their actions

Submitted by johnj (Australia), Feb 11, 2016 at 00:58

Any Imam or Saudi can tell a Salafist.
The clue is found in the many Hadiths. In particular Sahih Bukhari. He lists how the pious should act and speak. Salafists spend a lot of time learning to act like Mohammed (as per Bukhari).

They can not disguise this as it is a shibboleth. It is repeated so many time that it is part of their character and second nature.

A list of them would give a criteria list for the decision process. Each one is of varying importance - but take together it indicates fundamentalism. To give you a hint - the beard is not one of them, they have many close personal habits they can not disguise.
Have a look at Dr Baghdadi's watch.

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