my brother, first, your definition of salafi term is quite narrowed. At the end of the day it’s also covering the hanabilah, those who stick to aqeedah of the salaf but don’t follow the watered down fiqh of these “salafis”. You should have use the term ghayr muqalid or something which is more common to define that group of people.
Secondly, as much as I hate their methodology and having spent time with them this is first time I heard that they actually teach refutations! Where did you get this from? Could you please give some references to their teaching curriculum which would highlight your claim?
1 - just to clear, I’m sure you are talking about innovation in the deen 2 - my brother, you’re influenced by sufi-ashari methodology so it’s not surprise that hanabli definition of bid’a doesn’t sit well with you. One of the reasons is that you guys mix up the linguistic definition of the bid’a with sharee definition of the bid’a.
From the words of Imam ibn Rajab al-hanabli (rahimahullah):