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April 26, 2018
Author Terence Ward brings a unique perspective to his soon to be published book, “The Wahhabi Code: How the Saudis Spread Extremism Globally.” Ward was born in Colorado but spent his childhood living in Saudi Arabia and Iran. He's in Louisville for a World Affairs Council of Kentucky and southernÃâà...
Haaretz
April 16, 2018
In common with other religions, Islam has undergone several waves of reform movements, such as Wahhabism and Deobandism, but they have generally been reactionary - to "bring back" an authentic, puritan and orthodox form of Islam. Wahhabism and, in essence, Deobandism, aimed to bring back theÃâà...
Pew Research Center
April 12, 2018
Since his father became Saudi Arabia's king in 2015, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has taken dramatic steps to change his country's political and economic life. But the 32-year-old heir to the throne also has begun to soften the kingdom's strict religious rules with a promise to return toÃâà...
Times of India
April 11, 2018
Currently in Europe as part of a drive to woo the West, Mohammed bin Salman has recognised his country's association with Wahhabism is a problem and ... In a separate interview, he indicated the spread of Wahhabism was a consequence of the West asking Saudi Arabia to use its resources in MuslimÃâà...
IFP News
April 6, 2018
This week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman pretended he knows nothing about Wahhabism. “Please define it for us. We're not familiar with it. We don't know about it,” bin Salman said in an interview with the US-based The Atlantic magazine published on April 2. “No one can define Wahhabism.
Times of India (blog)
April 6, 2018
In fact, Saudi export of Wahhabism went through three stages. First, it was used to counter Nasserism which was sweeping through the Arab world in the 1950s and '60s. Nasserism with its anti-imperialist orientation was also a direct threat to the Saudi monarchy. Wahhabism was seen as an effectiveÃâà...
ummid.com
April 5, 2018
Mumbai: A section of media, including those in Turkey and the Indian subcontinent who are openly part of the Iranian agenda of hate, since last two days are twisting Mohammed bin Salman's statement about "Wahhabism" in order to hide their own crimes unleashed in the Muslim world to fulfill theirÃâà...
Realnoe vremya
April 5, 2018
Ildar khazrat, why have the Russia Muftis Council and the MSB of the Russian Federation not approved the statement by Kamil Samigullin on Wahhabism? I personally haven't seen the statement yet. I don't even know whether it is at all. This is not a joint decision, but only an initiative of one of the religiousÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 2, 2018
MbS: No one can define Wahhabism. There is no Wahhabism. We don't believe we have Wahhabism. We believe we have, in Saudi Arabia, Sunni and Shiite. We believe we have within Sunni Islam four schools of thought, and we have the ulema [the religious authorities] and the Board of Fatwas [whichÃâà...
The Sunday Guardian
March 31, 2018
Advice that was not simply ignored, but rejected with contempt by Yameen, under whom the Maldives has become a key recruiting station for ISIS and Al Qaeda, and where the moderate, syncretic Islam that still holds sway in India is rapidly giving way to Wahhabism. The BJP has apparently kept PrimeÃâà...
Morocco World News
March 30, 2018
Rabat – In a recent interview with the American daily, The Washington Post, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) revealed that Riyadh had spread Wahhabi ideology, at the request of its Western allies to counter the influence of the Soviet Union (USSR) in Muslim countries, during the Cold War.
Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy (blog)
March 30, 2018
In response, the Syrian delegate referred to Saudi Wahhabism as “a weapon of mass destruction.” Despite some reforms, such as ending the ban on women driving and allowing them to join the army or anti-corruption measures, Saudi Arabia still remains an autocratic and repressive regime. Yet, SaudiÃâà...
RT
March 30, 2018
Yes, soon women in Saudi Arabia will have the right to drive – something they were banned from doing under the strict religious edicts of Wahhabism. While it's certainly a good thing that Saudi Arabia has chosen to enter the 21st century (sort of), the repeal of the driving ban is largely superficial as it doesÃâà...
Daily Sabah
March 28, 2018
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman made a historic confession about Wahhabism in a recent interview with The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung. In the piece published on March 22, the crown prince said that Wahhabism, widely accused of being the sole source of global terrorism, was usedÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 28, 2018
Western nations urged Saudi Arabia to invest in the endorsement of Wahhabism during the Cold War era to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining ... The Saudi-backed spread of Wahhabism — the most strict and violent branch of Islam — started because Western nations asked Saudi Arabia to helpÃâà...
ChicagoNow (blog)
March 21, 2018
When we incorrectly think all Muslims are terrorists, we are confusing the majority of Muslims in the world with Saudi Wahhabism. Named for an 18th Century preacher and extremist, the extreme fundamentalists have an enduring relationship with the House of Saud. Think of them like Saudi's answer to theÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 17, 2018
In an effort to counter the threat of Iran's 1979 Shiite revolution, and burnish their legitimacy at home with powerful religious conservatives, Saudi rulers plowed billions of dollars annually into spreading the kingdom's extremely harsh version of Islam - a.k.a., Wahhabism - around the world. Saudi funds builtÃâà...
Financial Express
March 17, 2018
In the second week of this month, Eisa Fazili was neutralised by security forces during an encounter in Anantnag. After the encounter, hundreds of youth reportedly swarmed to his home and raised anti-Indian slogans and even waved Islamic State flag. Now, Eisa's school classmate Aamir Ahmad Amin hasÃâà...
Cleveland Jewish News
March 14, 2018
Declare that the deeply-rooted Islam of Mecca and Medina is the American Islam. Second, say that the deeply-rooted Islam is the Wahhabi Islam”. They wanted Wahhabi Islam to speak in the name of Islam worldwide. Wahhabism is the most violent and stupid [movement] in the Islamic world. Wahhabism isÃâà...
Scroll.in
March 9, 2018
The growing influence of Wahabi Islam among Sri Lankan Muslims at the cost of Sufi Islam and the proliferation of mosques built with money from Saudi Arabia have resulted in the Muslims being seen as “not one of us”, but as “the other”. They are also seen as having strong connections with powerful andÃâà...
HowStuffWorks
March 6, 2018
Back in the 1980s, Saudi Arabia adopted a set of principles for ruling from the Wahhabism sect of Islam, an extremely rigid interpretation of the Quran. It's because of this that Saudi women saw their rights sharply curtailed: Before 1979, Saudi women could wear modern clothes, attend schools and drive; butÃâà...
The Week UK
August 17, 2017
Wahhabism has become known as an intolerant and aggressive form of Islam, both by Muslims and outsiders. ... In 2013, Strasbourg's European Parliament declared Salafism/Wahhabism to be the main source of global terrorism, with a report linking it to the Benghazi attacks and the war in Syria amongÃâà...
Center for Research on Globalization
December 31, 1999
Due to ISIS being on the verge of a total defeat in Syria, which is largely on account of Russian firepower, ordinary people across the Middle East are increasingly looking to Russia as a safeguard against the menace of Wahhabism, which threatens the very existence of Muslims and Christians, alike, in theÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Elsewhere in his remarks, Amir-Abdollahian said that the terrorism threats in West Asia region are rooted in the Saudi-inspired 'Wahhabism,' which has found roots in Europe and elsewhere in the world. Parliament Speaker Special Aide in International Affairs added that international consultations andÃâà...
