The Events of October 7, 2023: Rupture and Continuity in Quietist Salafi Discourse

Authors

  • Samir Amghar Centre de recherche en langue et culture amazighes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v18i3p689

Keywords:

Salafism, quietism, Hamas, October 7th, Palestine

Abstract

This article examines the positions of the quietist Salafist movement regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, based on an analysis of the speeches of Salafist clerics and preachers. It highlights the movement's characteristic apoliticism and its consistent critique of jihadist groups. The analysis traces the stances of these actors before the October 7, 2023 attacks and shows that the adjustments made afterward remained marginal, without altering their fundamental orientation.

Author Biography

Samir Amghar, Centre de recherche en langue et culture amazighes

Samir Amghar is a sociologist and political scientist, specializing in political Islam, Salafism, and religious dynamics in Europe and the Maghreb. He is currently the Director of Research at the CRLCA (Centre de recherche en langue et culture amazighes) in Algeria. He is the author of Le Salafisme d'aujourd'hui (Michalon, 2011) and L'islam militant en Europe (Infolio, 2013). His work has been published in Politics and Religion, Mediterranean Politics, Contemporary Islam, and Théologiques.

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Published

28-10-2025

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Vol. 18, No. 3 (2025). Special issue on: "The Return of the Palestinian Question"

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