Wahhabism is a very conservative branch of Islam. It's different from mainstream Islam, and is often referred to as ultra-conservative, radical, and puritanical. Its interpretations of the Qur'an are much different than that of many Muslims, and the beliefs of Wahhabism enables its followers to label non-followers (both Muslims and non-Muslims) as dissenters.
Wahhabi is a reference, usually seen as a derisive label, for a member of the Sunni Salafist movement of Islam. It was founded by Arabian Sunni Hanbali Cleric Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (Ù…Øمد بن عبد الوهاب‎) in the 1700s and it is from Wahhab's name that the word "Wahhabi" comes. Wahhab's argument was that the current trajectory of Fiqh or Islamic Jurisprudence was too accomodationalist to foreign influences, both from domestic cultural inputs and from pressure coming from Non-Islamic countries. As a result, Wahhab sought to reform Islam and implement the version of the religion as it existed in the early period of the Islamic Caliphates. The word Salafist in Arabic refers to "Salaf" (سلÙ) a term connoting the most pious generations of the early Muslims.
Unfortunately, many of the decisions in Fiqh between the early period of Islam and the present have been to soften Islamic commands. As a result, the Salafists tend to be much more conservative in their application of Islamic Law. Alcohol is completely banned, adulterers were to be stoned, women are to be covered, etc. For much of the next two centuries, Salafism remained confined to the Arabian peninsula. However, in the 1960s and onwards, the oil revenues in Saudi Arabia allowed the country to export the ideology, by funding thousands of mosques in other countries that would have Salafist Imams, by hosting millions of foreign Muslim guest-workers who would be introduced to Salafism in Saudi Arabia and bring it home with them, by actively supporting Muslim proselytizers around the world, and by providing financial support to Salafist Islamist and Jihadist organizations -- Jihadism is a political manifestation which is derivative of Salafism itself.
A number of Muslims prefer to blame Wahhabism or Salafism for the problems of the Islamic World and while it is a more accurate answer than blaming Zionism or Israel, it does not cover the vast range of trigger-hair issues that populate the Islamic World and are operating in tandem with Salafism.
A Wahabi is another term for a Wahhabi, a member of a puritanical reform extremist group in Islam which started in 18th century Arabia.
they are Wahhabi that is a sunni sect.
Wahhabi Islam.
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Located in different countries even in USA. but Shia Muslims are centered in Qum, Iran. and Sunni Muslims are different branches. the Wahhabi Sunni Muslims are centered in Najd, Saudi Arabia and non-Wahhabi Sunni Muslims are centered in al-Azhar university of Egypt.
Wahhabi movement
Wahhabi
The Wahhabi movement resulted in the establishment of the first Saudi state in the 18th century and the spread of Wahhabism as the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia. It has also influenced Islamic practices and societies beyond Saudi Arabia, giving rise to conservative interpretations of Islam.
Over time the Islamic extremists Islamic movement known as fundamentalism or Wahhabism has strong influence in Central Asia and int he Caucasus. The Wahhabi movement began in areas of the Arabian Peninsula.
they are Wahhabi that is a sunni sect.
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saudi royal family are sunni and wahhabi. Saudi Arabia is base of Wahhabism. taliban and al-ghaede are wahhabi
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Wahhabi Islam.
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Ibn Abd-al-Wahhab
Islam, specifically Wahhabi Sunni Islam.