>>15392231Islam is literally a blend between East and West. The Muslims were obsessed with Aristotle, Plato, Euclid, Pythagoras. Buddhism also heavily influenced Islamic spirituality and meditation when Buddhist regions converted to Islam. You get the best of literally all ancient civilizations.
Modern Salafism is a political invention from the 1800's. Too many Westerners think Salafism = Islam when in reality it's quite a foreign concept to most Muslims and most Muslims hate Salafis in their own communities
*Pictured is Imam Shamil, based Dagestani Sufi General that fought the imperialist Russians
