What we are witnessing now with the different versions of Salafiyyah underscores something I have always known.

Any group/sect is capable of existing as a spectrum, from the mild to the moderate to the extremists. 

For over 1000 years, we have seen this for Sufism. Many Sufis are practically Ahlul Sunnah and many are Ahlul Bidia, while others are totally out of the folds of Islam. 

The problem with the extreme version of Salafiyah which makes it different from extreme Sufism is that, while extreme Sufism would destroy your Islam and potentially the Islam of other people like you, extreme Salafiyah is capable of destroying beyond your Islam, it is capable of destroying your home and your communities. 

We must do all that we can to prevent all forms of extremism as Muslims.