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kalu_miah
I personally neither support political Islam nor the Salafi creed, but if I have to choose, I feel that Brotherhood is more pragmatic, while Salafi's seem like going back in time. Also Brotherhood accepts and works with democracy, which I believe is inevitable eventually for all society, although the timeline and the evolutionary path is different for different societies.
Well, the Salafis never took the lead in politics yet, however, some extremists elements within their branch are associated with radical groups such as Al-Qaida or AL-Nusrah Front.
The MB never accepted the democratic values as they are or at least should be, Morsi tried to change the constitution 3 times at least, in other word, their democracy is bogus.
Also, I have seen in some of the above articles that Brotherhood was supporting groups in Gulf countries to overthrow Monarchies. That definitely was meddling in internal affairs of other countries, in my opinion, and irresponsible on their part, a practice they should stop absolutely.
Yes, that's true. The MB is imperialistic to its core. Would you like to know which country felt really happy about the fall of Morsi? It's the UAE, they have been bugging them for ages, interfering in their internal affairs, and more.
For us - Saudis - the difference is between the Muslim brotherhood and Salafism is crystal clear.
Firstly, we need to define what the Muslim brotherhood stands for. The MB, by definition, is a socio-cultural movement that adopts conservative Sunni sect. The MB had also been playing a political role wherever it exists in the Arab World except KSA. In Egypt, the MB never took the lead in politics, in fact, the MB had always been on the opposition of the majority of the political elites in Egypt. So, briefly, the fall of the MB was imminent due to the lack of experience in governance, and its likes. Last but not least, let's not forget that the MB in Egypt went through so much of hardships, Jamal AN locked them up in jail for years, which had lead them to endorse violence over tolerance, the MB was key in the assassination of Anwar Al-Sadat.
Secondly, Salafism,on the other hand, is not a political movement, but rather a sub-sect of Sunni Islam, the degree of its conservatism may vary from one society to anther, Salafis in Germany may be as twice extremist as the Salafis in the UK. Additionally, Salafis in general don't play a role in politics, they're more isolated to themselves, and some of them may develop some sort of extremist views from time to time. However, Many Salafi scholars condemned the attack of civilians - regardless of their faith -
Additionally, Salafism can be defined as the purification of the practices of Sunni Islam, as well as the interpretation of Quran and Hadith. For example, Salafis DO reject that people shouldn't call upon the dead to help them out or save them. Basically, the Salafis believe that all duties, prayers, and pillars of Islam should only be given to one entity and one entity only, God.
