Original sentence: For rootless immigrants and disaffected second-generation youths in Europe, Salafism provides the attraction in its statement of authenticity.For those living in the squalid metropolises of the Middle East, it offers an emotionally rich alternative to the slogans of Arab nationalism.Salafism appeals to younger Muslims as a way to differentiate themselves from their wrong beliefs of parents and grandparents because it is seen as pure, stripped of the local, superstitious, and customary Muslim practices of their families' countries of origin.Salafism insists on the absolute truth of Muslim scripture and what might be called a strict constructionist brand of sharia or religious law.Salafism may have had more appeal than secularism by appropriating secularisms' traditional role of defending the socially and politically weak against the powerful
Edited sentence: For rootless immigrants and disaffected second and third generation youths in Europe, Salafism is attractive because of its claim  to authenticity.For those living in the metropolises of the Middle East, it offers an emotionally rich alternative to the slogans of Arab nationalism.Salafism appeals to younger Muslims as a way to differentiate themselves from the beliefs of parents and grandparents because it is seen as pure, stripped of the local, superstitious, and customary Muslim practices of their families' countries of origin.Salafism insists on the literal truth of Muslim scripture and what might be called a strict constructionist brand of sharia or religious law.Salafism may have more appeal than secularism by appropriating secularisms' traditional role of defending the socially and politically weak against the powerful