The Challenges of Takfiri Salafi Currents Against Islamic Convergence and the Coping Strategies

During recent decades, Islamism has become one of the most important developments in today's world. On the other hand, Takfiri movements have created numerous challenges against Islamic convergence, due to features such as transnationalism, rationality, violence, arrogance, the excommunication of some Muslims, and so on. Political challenges include: forgetting the ideals and strategies of Islamic unity, marginalizing the struggle against Israel and promoting Islam, and this paper seeks to answer the fundamental question that the expansion of takfiri movements has a deterrent effect on the growth of Islamists in Region and the world? The growth of Takfiri currents will challenge two basic dimensions of the process of Islamism: first, the polarization of Islamic societies based on Shi'a and Sunni opposition, and the reduction of the legitimacy and acceptability of Islamism as an alternative to liberal democracy; this research is aimed at solving the challenge of currents Islamist Takfiri has presented solutions that can be considered in the form of two strategies for broad-based diplomacy between groups and Islamic countries, and the confrontation with the expansion of takfiri movements.