Oliver Leaman. New York: Routledge, June 2022, 13-37. “Wahhabism and Salafism in Global Perspective,” in Wahhabism in the World: Understanding Saudi Arabia’s Global Influence on Religion, ed. Peter ...

Assad, ending a 55-year dynasty begun by his father, dramatically shifts the pieces on the chessboard of the Middle East. The ...

Saudi sheiks then waged a bloody religious and territorial war against their Muslim neighbors, until the establishment of Saudi Arabia, in 1932. Wahhabism remains the country’s official religion.

In Saudi Arabia, public religious practices outside Islam are restricted, as the nation emphasises Islamic traditions under Wahhabism. Many Christians faced discrimination due to their religious ...

C. Dugdale, author and researcher, on the rights of ethic and religious minorities; and D G Hogarth, scholar and intelligence operative, on Wahhabism in the Middle East. The Rule is formally adopted, ...

The emergence of Wahhabism in the 18th century, led by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792), has left an indelible mark on the Muslim world and beyond. Advocating a strict and literal interpretation ...

The Impact of Hanbali Jurisprudence on Wahhabism In the 18th century, the rise of Wahhabism marked a significant shift in Islamic thought. Emerging in the Najd region under the leadership of Muhammad ...

Of course, Erdogan has a long history in the Syrian Dirty War where he had openly backed the fundamentalist forces. Erdogan has now created a multinational terrorist organization and was able to ...

Third, the institutionalized presence of an active Wahhabist "Islamic charity" network remains strong in the country. Wahhabism, an extremist offshoot of Sunni Islam, is an 18th century movement that ...