Wahhabism, colonialism, and ancient Saudi Arabia
Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they left social distancing during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, in the Muslim holy city of […]
Wahhabism confronted: Origins, corollaries of ideology
BY MEHMET HASAN BULUT DEC 03, 2021 – Though regarded as the Protestantism of Islam with its purified approach to religion, Wahhabism includes extreme interpretations that differ from Sunni Islam. […]
Saudi Arabia reforms: Royal power play or meaningful change?
Cathrin Schaer 8 hrs ago © Provided by dw.com Reforms are part of Saudi Arabia’s strategic plan up to 2030 Over the past month, Saudi Arabia has been announcing new social reforms […]
Islamic conference in Chechnya: Why Sunnis are disassociating themselves from Salafists
World Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Sep 09, 2016 The world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, Asharq Al-Awsat, reported that an international Islamic conference was organised in Grozny, a city in Chechnya with more than 100 top Muslim clerics from all around the world. The agenda was to take an uncompromising stand against […]
Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings
This content was published on July 5, 2019 By Alexandra Ulmer and Omar Rajarathnam KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some […]
From Wahhabism to Isis … by Karen Armstrong
François Hollande’s declaration of war against Isis (also known as Islamic State) was, perhaps, a natural reaction to the carnage in Paris but the situation is now so grave that we cannot merely react; we also need sustained, informed and objective reflection. The French president has unwittingly played into the […]
You can’t understand ISIS if you don’t know the history of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia
Alastair Crooke The dramatic arrival of Da’ish (ISIS) on the stage of Iraq has shocked many in the West. Many have been perplexed — and horrified — by its violence and its evident magnetism for Sunni youth. But more than this, they find Saudi Arabia’s ambivalence in the face of […]
How Saudi Arabia is distancing itself from the Islamic State
Thirteen years after US President George W. Bush declared war on terrorism, the Middle East is no closer to victory. Instead, terrorism appears to have morphed into an even more […]
Saudi-backed religious centre stirs controversy: Spread of Wahabism in Europe?
Daily Times: * Critics say The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue could be used by Riyadh to spread Wahhabism and divert attention from human […]