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Wahhabi

Wahhabi

5 9.9
A Muslim from Saudi Arabia who follows a strict form of Sunni Islam and rejects later religious changes
  • noun
  • /wɑːˈhɑːbi/
translation icon : wahabí
  • In the cultural arena, the royal family demonstrated its alliance with the Wahhabis by insisting on conservative interpretations of Islamic practice.
  • Saudi Wahhabi
  • Wahhabi Islam
  • Wahhabi movement

Nothing strict, no Wahhabi, no strict Islam.

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Examples

  • In Saudi Arabia, the military has been the backbone and main defender of the Islamist Wahhabi regime.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The secular Sunnis that formerly ran Iraq have traditionally been enemies of the fundamentalist Wahhabis that dominate al-Qaeda.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Then, you know, that gets used by Wahhabi in, in figuring out why Islam is lost out to the West.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Nothing strict, no Wahhabi, no strict Islam.

    Shawn Ryan Show

  • Iran is trying to survive, and they know the Wahhabi are breathing down their throat all the time.

    Blog text (14)

  • Using the Internet for Islamic purposes was not only permitted by scholars, even strict Wahhabi ones, but even encouraged.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Even the strictest Wahhabi scholars have legitimized the Internet and launched their personal websites.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The minister of the interior, Prince Nayef, has a much closer relationship with Wahhabi clerics than Abdullah does.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Osama bin Laden is a member of the Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam.

    Blog text (33)

  • The Wahhabi movement emphasizes a return to the early practices of Islam and strict adherence to its teachings.

Synonyms

Muslim
vsWahhabi
621 1.1

A person who follows Islam

is a much narrower Saudi sect that focuses on early traditions and rejects innovations
Sunni
vsWahhabi
45 5.3

A Muslim who follows the largest branch of Islam and accepts the first four leaders after Muhammad

is a specific orthodox Saudi group focused on returning to earliest practices
Sunni Muslim
vsWahhabi
6 3.2

A person in Islam who follows the largest group and accepts the first four leaders after Muhammad

is narrower and a Saudi sect seeking strict return to early practices
Salafist
vsWahhabi
4 9.9

A person who follows a traditional Sunni Muslim movement that returns to early Muslim practices

is a specific Saudi sect that rejects later religious innovations
Sunnite
vsWahhabi
1 8.9

A Muslim who accepts the first four leaders after the prophet Muhammad as the rightful successors

is a particular Saudi religious movement insisting on early tradition and rejecting innovations
Salafi
vsWahhabi
9.9

A person who follows a Muslim movement that tries to copy the beliefs and practices of the earliest Muslims

is a specific Saudi sect that rejects later religious innovations

Surface Forms

Wahhabi singular
Wahhabis plural

Etymology

Wahhabi comes from the name of an 18th-century Arabian preacher, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, and his followers were called 'Wahhabis' after him. So a Wahhabi is someone who follows his strict call to 'return to early Islamic ways' and to reject later religious changes.