Wahhabism

Wahhabism (Arabic: الوهابية‎, al-Wahhābiyah) is an Islamic doctrine and religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. It has been variously described as "ultraconservative", "far-right" "austere", "fundamentalist", or "puritan(ical)"; as an Islamic "reform movement" to restore "pure monotheistic worship" by devotees; and as a "deviant sectarian movement", "vile sect" and a distortion of Islam by its detractors. The term Wahhabi(sm) is often used polemically and adherents commonly reject its use, preferring to be called Salafi or muwahhid, claiming to emphasize the principle of tawhid (the "uniqueness" and "unity" of God) or monotheism, dismissing their opponents as practising shirk (idolatry). The …

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RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 6 March 2023 English

During Soeharto’s “New Order” government, the size and presence of HTI and other social movements was tempered because of the authoritarian nature of the regime. [...] The fall of Soeharto …

Islam), the Anti-Shia Movement and the Salafi- Wahhabism faction. Origin of HTI HTI has been part of international


RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 7 February 2023 English

out of the covenant between Muhammad Bin Saud and the eponymous founder of Wahhabism, Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab. [...] Wahhabism is a term used by scholars to refer to the Saudi brand of Salafism, a branch

Muhammad Bin Saud and the eponymous founder of Wahhabism, Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab. The latter narrative Further formalising Saudi Arabia’s divorce from Wahhabism, on 3 March 2022, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned media Gulf papers in the English and Arabic-language. Wahhabism is a term used by scholars to refer to the Saudi https://agsiw.org/the-saudi-founding-day-and-the-death-of-wahhabism/ https://www.arabnews.com/node/2035471/saudi-arabia also vehement opponents of Wahhabism/Salafism. Global attention on Wahhabism and Salafi-Jihadism has facilitated


Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung · 6 February 2023 French

Sécuriser ou insécuriser ? nous observons, parallèlement à cette augmentation spectaculaire de la violence, une montée progressive de la production sécuritaire qui a commencé avec le lancement des phases de …

, nous réfléchissons aux leaderships religieux existants ou potentiels au mali et au Niger afin d’aborder la dualité du wahhabisme Haidara, chef de file du soufisme piétiste tijane et l’imam mahmoud Dicko, chef de file du réformisme, figure de proue du wahhabisme activités sont diverses, mais elles ont en commun de servir souvent de vecteur à la propagation des idéologies religieuses (wahhabisme


AI: Atlantic Initiative · 25 January 2023 English

The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Bosnia and Herzegovina. …

only correct one…" Importantly, terms such as Wahhabism and Salafism are characterized as "very controversial


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 19 January 2023 English

The recent tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia over a range of issues, in the wake of the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war, and growing ties of GCC states with both …

and Jamsheed K. Choksy, “THE SAUDI CONNECTION: Wahhabism and Global Jihad”, World Affairs, Vol. 178, No


IEEE: Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos · 17 January 2023 English

Two such examples are “Kaliningrad: a Russian strate- gic enclave in the midst of tension with NATO and the EU” by José Ignacio VILLAR ROMERO, which highlights the indisputable geostrategic …

as Ibn Taymiyya and reform movements such as Wahhabism. The word Salafism - an idea from the mid-era practicable reality. The ideological expansion of Wahhabism, financed by Saudi Arabia and materialised by socialist Arab way. The fusion of this thought with Wahhabism was a powerful reagent that resonated with and


Fondapol: Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique · 11 January 2023 English

THE “NAHDA”, A PERIOD OF MODERNISATION The Nahda refers to a modernisation movement that the Muslim world, and specifically the Arab and Maghreb countries, experienced between the beginning of the …

tendencies. From the end of the 20th century, Wahhabism also spread among the Maghrebi populations, favoured


Fondapol: Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique · 5 January 2023 English

THE “NAHDA”, A PERIOD OF MODERNISATION The Nahda refers to a modernisation movement that the Muslim world, and specifically the Arab and Maghreb countries, experienced between the beginning of the …

tendencies. From the end of the 20th century, Wahhabism also spread among the Maghrebi populations, favoured


Fondapol: Fondation pour l’Innovation Politique · 3 January 2023 French

Par ailleurs, les règles de l’islam organisent la vie des musulmans de la plus petite chose à la plus grande, ce qui signifie que la constitution se réfère à des …

À partir de la fin du XXe siècle, le wahhabisme s’est également répandu parmi les populations maghrébines, favorisé par le


SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 22 December 2022 English

In this context, Riyadh considers the region on the western side of the Red Sea as its direct neighbourhood, which has gained geostrategic rele- vance against the backdrop of the …

emphasised more than the religious roots and Wahhabism. In terms of foreign policy, traditional Wahhabi


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