2016 international conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny

The 2016 conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny was convened to define the term “Ahl al-Sunna wa’l-Jama‘ah”,[1] i.e. who are "the people of Sunnism and the Sunni community" in Islam,[2][Note 1] and oppose Takfiri groups.[4] The conference was held in the Chechen Republic capital of Grozny[5] from 25-27 August 2016 and attended by approximately 200 Muslim scholars from Egypt, Russia, Syria, Sudan, Jordan, and Europe at the invitation of Yemeni Sufi preacher, Al-habib Ali al-Jifri.[1] The conference was notable for excluding representatives of Wahhabi and Salafi movements, and for its definition of Sunni Muslims in the final communiqué of the conference that included Sufis, Ash’arites and Maturidis, but not Wahhabis or Salafis.[1][2]

The conference definition stated:

“Ahl as-Sunnah wal-Jama’ah are the Ash’arites and Muturidis (adherents of the theological systems of Imam Abu Mansur al-Maturidi and Imam Abul-Hasan Al-Ash`ari). In matters of belief, they are followers of any of the four schools of thought (Hanafi, Shafi’i, Maliki or Hanbali) and are also the followers of the Sufism of Imam Junaid al-Baghdadi in doctrines, manners and [spiritual] purification.”[6]

Among the notable scholars and preachers in attendance were:

  • Ahmed el-Tayeb (Grand Imam of Al-Azhar),
  • Chawki Allam (Grand Mufti of Egypt)
  • Oussama al Zahri (Egypt)
  • Abdel Fattah al Bezm (Grand Mufti of Damascus)
  • Ali al-Jifri (Yemen)

The conference, along with the 2017 statement by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman that "it is time to get rid of" the extremism seen in Islam in the past 30 years that has "spread all over the world",[7] have been called part of a "frontal assault on Wahhabism".[8][9]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Sunni Muslims constituted about 85–90% of the world's Muslim population.[3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Kadhim, Abbas (2 November 2016). "The SUNNI CONFERENCE IN GROZNY: A MUSLIM INTRA-SECTARIAN STRUGGLE FOR LEGITIMACY". Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 Cervellera, Bernardo (9 June 2016). "Conference in Grozny: Wahhabism exclusion from the Sunni community provokes Riyadh's wrath". AsiaNews.it. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Mapping the Global Muslim Population". Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Dehlvi, Ghulam Rasool (9 September 2016). "Islamic conference in Chechnya: Why Sunnis are disassociating themselves from Salafists". First Post. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "مؤتمر الشيشان 2016". tabahfoundation.org. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Ghaffari, Talib (11 September 2016). "Over 100 Sunni scholars declare Wahhabis to be outside mainstream Sunni Islam – Chechnya". Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Chulov, Martin. "I will return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam, says crown prince". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Dorsey,, James M. (28 October 2017). "Crown Prince Mohammed's Vow To Moderate Saudi Islam: Easier Said Than Done". HuffPost. Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "25-27 August 2016 Islamic conference in Grozny". Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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