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The Arabic term Wahhabi translates in English to "of Wahhab", meaning "the Bestower", which is one of the names of God in Islam. [7] The word is primarily an exonym and was not used by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab or by his partisans, who called themselves Muwahhidun ("the Unitarians") derived from Tawhid , the central Islamic tenet denoting the ...
Wahhabi movement of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab was only one of the various Salafi movements and has different strands within itself; Using the term "Wahhabism" suggests a monopolistic mentality that distinguishes between "true Islam" and a wrong version, eroding the ability to envision "religious pluralism".
An Islamic university in Medina created in 1961 to train – mostly non-Saudi – proselytizers to Wahhabism [154] became "a haven" for Muslim Brother refugees from Egypt. [155] The Brothers' ideas eventually spread throughout the kingdom and had great effect on Wahhabism – although observers differ as to whether this was by "undermining" it ...
[173] [174] Furthermore, Wahhabism has been accused of causing disunity in the Muslim community (Ummah) and criticized for its followers' destruction of many Islamic, cultural, and historical sites associated with the early history of Islam and the first generation of Muslims (Muhammad's family and his companions) in Saudi Arabia.
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī [Note 1] (1703–1792) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher, activist, [12] religious leader, [9] jurist, [13] and reformer, [14] who was from Najd in central Arabia and is considered as the eponymous founder of the Wahhabi movement. [15]
In Central Asia the label "Wahhabism" has evolved from its original meaning of followers of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, to become 'agitprop invective' and a ‘polemic foil in sectarian arguments' used by authoritarian governments against Islamic "reformists and ‘troublesome Muslim opponents’", or even against "any and all expressions of ...
Wahhab (Arabic: وَهَّابُ, romanized: Wahhāb) is an Arabic word meaning "Bestower", from the root W-H-B. Al-Wahhab (Arabic: ٱلْوَهَّابُ, romanized: al-Wahhāb), meaning "The Bestower" is one of the attributes of God in Islam. It is also used as a personal name, as a short form of Abd al-Wahhab (servant of the Bestower). [1]
Abdul Wahhab (Arabic: عبد الوهاب, romanized: ʻAbd al-Wahhāb) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Wahhāb, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. [1] [2] It means "servant of the all-giver".