In 2014, Paolo Pellegrin got exceptional access to a group of Salafists in Egypt. These pictures account for their everyday lives and traditions, that few outsiders have experienced before.
Salafism is roughly divided in three branches. The first two are the largest ones and nonviolent, they differ in terms of political involvement. The third and smallest one are the jihadists.
The specific branch Pellegrin photographed belongs to one of the first two, is nonviolent, extremely devout and seek to reach the purest form of Islam. One of their rituals is to take part to a fake burial, a way for them to try and connect with the spirits of their deceased ancestors.

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