"Aboo Khadeejah as-Salafi (Birmingham)"

This is one of the characteristics of this group, where they love to fashion themselves with names like "as-Salafi" or "al-Athari." Yet has Sh. Ibn Baz, or Sh. Ibn Uthaimeen, or Sh. al-Albani ever appended the title "as-Salafi" or "al-Athari" to their names? Then why do these kids feel such a need to do so? Salafiyah is more than latching on to a label; it is a manhaj which extends to beliefs, worship, morals and behavior, in both the public and the private realm of individuals and societies. These youth however, have been deceived by Satan, since they continually refer to themselves as Salafis, Ahlul-Hadeeth, al-Firqa an-Najiya, at-Ta'ifa al-Mansura - they then begin to believe that they are just that, and do not realize the long distance they need to traverse in order to truly achieve that for which they strive.

In fact, it is directly due to their emblazoning themselves with the title "Salafi" while at the same time exhibiting despicable conduct, that large numbers of average Muslims have now associated Salafiah with the actions of these youth, and Sufis have capitalized on this to then promote themselves as "the true bearers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah."