Muhammad Bahjat al-Bitar and the Decline of Modernist Salafism in Twentieth-Century Syria

Arts & Humanities

• Salafism 100%
• Syria 92%
• Modernist 56%
• Ibn Taymiyya 34%
• Ulema 34%
• Sunna 32%
• Islamic Civilization 30%
• Religious Reform 29%
• Denunciation 26%
• Adherence 24%
• Ottoman Empire 21%
• Modernization 20%
• Successor 20%
• Revival 20%
• Worship 19%
• Saints 19%
• Ancestors 19%
• Authenticity 19%
• Theologians 18%
• Innovation 16%
• Middle Age 14%
• Teaching 13%

Social Sciences

• Syria 71%
• Arab 60%
• twentieth century 57%
• denunciation 47%
• theologian 46%
• Ottoman Empire 46%
• intellectual 34%
• civilization 33%
• authenticity 33%
• nineteenth century 31%
• modernization 28%
• opposition 26%
• innovation 21%
• reform 19%
• trend 16%
• Teaching 14%