UGC 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Salman Of Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism
4 Apr 2016
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Wahhabism one of the most powerful reformist movements on the arabian. Muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab (1703-1792) demanded a return to the pure islam of muhammad and preached the community had become too religiously lax. Abd al-wahhab stressed the oneness of allah, his followers were called. Unitarians or muwahhidin, and criticized sufi sects for extolling saints over god. Wahhabism swept across the peninsula and proved to be a threat to the. Wahhbis became militant; followers sacked shiite shrines and overtook the holy cities of mecca and medina. The ottomans persuaded muhammad ali of egypt and his army to put down the revolt. While the egyptians defeated the saudis, wahhabism continued to grow in the muslim world. The saudi royal dynasty is still associated with wahhabism. His brother, king salman became the new ruler of saudi arabia. There are hope that king salman will continue to liberalize the saudi system.
