By the end of 1995 and into 1996, a purification of the Salafi Da‘wah (that followed the increasing study of books of early Creed) in the UK caused its adherents to distance themselves from political activist groups and personalities calling to participation in democracy, parliamentary elections, revolutions and a new Jihād driven by ideas revolving around an innovated ‘Fourth category of Tawheed’ which the political activists (i.e., The Surūri and Qutubi branches of Al-Ikhwān Al-Muslimeen which had infiltrated some of the the ranks of the Salafi youth) labelled Al-Hākimiyyah[1] (i.e., that there should be an independent category of Tawheed that focuses on Judgement and rulership).
For the Salafi Da’wah in the UK, this included cutting links with JIMAS and other similar organisations—and consequently led to a large increase in Da‘wah efforts.[2] This was especially the case for Salafi du‘āt in Birmingham such as Shaykh Abu Khadeejah and Shaykh Abu Talhah Dawood (May Allah’s mercy be upon him) whose city had become a ‘battleground’ in the fight against the prevailing Qutubist corruption when Muhammad Surūr Zainul-‘Ābideen—who was from the foremost leaders of the modern-day politicised Khawārij—came to reside in Birmingham as an asylum seeker under the protection of the United Kingdom. Having used Birmingham as a base for his organisation ‘Dar Al-Arqam’—which incidentally also served as the ideological inspiration for ‘Al-Muntadah Al-Islāmi’ in London [and his inflammatory revolutionary publication, As-Sunnah: a magazine heavily influenced by the ideas of extreme Muslim Brotherhood ideologues with clear Marxist-leaning] Muhammad Surūr made clear his disdain not only for the Salafi Scholars (such as Ibn Bāz, etc.) and the books of ‘Aqeedah of the Pious Predecessors, but also his belief that all the rulers of the Muslim lands were apostates, and that the Saudi government was a stooge of the West.[3]
[1] The Fundamentals of Tawheed (Monotheism)-Part 7: It is not permitted to add to the categories of Tawheed. 2018. Source: abukhadeejah.com/i-
[2] Ibid.
[3] Who is Zain Al-Aabideen? (Muhammad Surūr). 2003. Source: Salafitalk.net.
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