Salafism is internally diverse, not a single political stance.

Evidence

Salafism and its belief system encompass a wide variety of positions relating to politics and violence. As a result, adherents are varied in their ideological stances.[iv] Equally contested is the literature on what the belief system entails. — Robin Alexander Plant, Discuss the Relationship Between…, 5

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels with ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ (Hamid), which complicates any single Muslim political subject.