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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 ...
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 ...
Using the term "Wahhabism" suggests a monopolistic mentality that distinguishes between "true Islam" and a wrong version, eroding the ability to envision "religious pluralism". This may also result in radicalisation of neo-traditionalist establishment which becomes hostile to Salafis , reformists and various Muslim groups they deem heterodox
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]
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 ...
The Ikhwān (Arabic: الإخوان, romanized: al-ʾIkhwān , lit. ' the Brethren '), commonly known as Ikhwān man Aṭāʿa Allāh (Arabic: إخوان من أطاع الله , 'Brethren of those who obey God'), [a] was a Wahhabi religious militia made up of traditionally nomadic tribesmen which formed a significant military force of the ruler Ibn Saud and played an important role ...
From 1982 to 2005 in an effort to spread Wahhabi Islam, over $75 billion was spent, via international organizations [d] and religious attaches at dozens of Saudi embassies, [3] [12] to establish/build 200 Islamic colleges, 210 Islamic centers, 1,500 mosques, and 2,000 schools for Muslim children in Muslim and Non-Muslim majority countries.