ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors argue that Salafi-jihadism, like any other ideology, is a product of a series of historical events. They aim to show how Salafism, as an operational and ideological discourse, became a solely jihadi discourse over time. The chapter discusses the conceptual framework for addressing the evolution of the Salafi-jihadi discourse. It examines the conditions and the historical events that led to the formation of Salafi-jihadi discourse. The authors analyse in detail how these historical incidents constructed the Salafi-jihad fourfold symmetry discourse that we now focus on. They argue that early Salafism was caused by Arab Muslim expansion and developed further to its extreme visions by wars and political instability of the Muslims communities in the Middle East. Al-Hudaybi requested Nasser to either establish an Islamic state in Egypt or to present the decisions of the Council of Revolution (composed of the free Arab nationalist officers) to the Muslim Brotherhood before their implementation.
