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The Wahhabi's were founded by Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab. They are the religious wing of the Royal family of Saudi Arabia: "Ibn Abd al-Wahhab was invited to settle in neighboring Diriyah by its ruler Muhammad ibn Saud in 1740 (1157 AH), two of whose brothers had been students of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Upon arriving in Diriyya, a pact was made between Ibn Saud and Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, by which Ibn Saud pledged to implement and enforce Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's teachings, while Ibn Saud and his family would remain the temporal "leaders" of the movement".(See for instance Wikipedia article on Wahhabism).
It is possible that Osama Bin Laden was just a rogue multi-millionaire Saudi policeman who happened to be a member of the Wahhabi cult. However, the Wahhabis have been actively sponsoring terrorism on their own behalf. Wahhabis can wield a substantial part of the wealth of Saudi Arabia and sponsor extremist mosques and educational establishments on a global scale from schools and mosques in the UK and Europe to extremist Madrassas in Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand etc. It was the well-funded Wahhabis who created and radicalised the Taliban.
A Wahhabi cleric, Anwar Al Awlaki, has the dubious distinction of radicalising the US Major Nidal Hassan who killed 13 personnel in a rampage at Fort Hood in the USA and the Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, as well as being implicated in numerous other substantial terrorist connections (See Centre for Social Cohesion Report and ‘Londonistan’ is still the weakest link.). The most interesting aspect of Awlaki's Wahhabi activities is his connections with the Islamic groups and extreme clerics in the UK and their widespread acceptance of the Wahhabi viewpoint. The extremist Islam of Somalia is also due to the: connections and influences of the Salafia (Wahabi) school of Saudi Arabia.
As with the early Salafists, Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab's teachings were criticized by a number of Islamic scholars for disregarding Islamic history, monuments, traditions and the sanctity of Muslim life.[60] His own brother, Sulayman, was particularly critical, claiming he was ill-educated and intolerant, classing Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab's views as fringe and fanatical.[60][dubious – discuss] It is generally believed, however, that the two later reconciled.[61] A list of scholars with opposing views, along with names of their books and related information, was compiled by the Islamic scholar Muhammad Hisham.[62]
Wahhabism is merely the misguided expression of one man’s political ambition - Mohammed Abdel-Wahhab, a bigot who was recruited by the British Empire to erode the fabric of Islam and crack the armor of the then-Ottoman Empire by breeding sectarianism and dissent. It is Abdel-Wahhab's alliance to the House of Saud that ultimately unleashed this now seemingly unstoppable evil we know today under the tag of Islamic radicalism.
If not for the Al Saud Royals' billions and the silence of Western powers, Wahhabism would never have crossed the deserts of Saudi Arabia. If not for the kingdom's lavish sponsoring of the Wahhabi school of thought, extremism would never have come to be in the first place.
It is not merely the faith or oil that flows out of Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich Arab state and its neighbours are busy financing Wahabi and Salafi militants across the globe.A recent report by the European Parliament reveals how Wahabi and Salafi groups based out of the Middle East are involved in the "support and supply of arms to rebel groups around the world." The report, released in June 2013, was commissioned by European Parliament's Directorate General for External Policies. The report warns about the Wahabi/Salafi organisations and claims that "no country in the Muslim world is safe from their operations ... as they always aim to terrorise their opponents and arouse the admiration of their supporters."
The nexus between Arab charities promoting Wahabi and Salafi traditions and the extremist Islamic movements has emerged as one of the major threats to people and governments across the globe. From Syria, Mali, Afghanistan and Pakistan to Indonesia in the East, a network of charities is funding militancy and mayhem to coerce Muslims of diverse traditions to conform to the Salafi and Wahabi traditions. The same networks have been equally destructive as they branch out of Muslim countries and attack targets in Europe and North America
The European Parliament’s report estimates that Saudi Arabia alone has spent over $10 billion to promote Wahabism through Saudi charitable foundations. The tiny, but very rich, state of Qatar is the new entrant to the game supporting militant franchises from Libya to Syria.
The linkage between Saudi-based charitable organisations and militants began in the late 70s in Pakistan. A network of charitable organisations was setup in Pakistan to provide the front for channeling billions of dollars to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. Since then the militant networks have spread globally, emerging as a major threat to international security.Charlie Wilson’s War, a book by George Crile that was made into a movie, details the Saudi-militancy nexus as well as Ahmed Rashid’s Taliban
For more than two centuries, Wahhabism has been Saudi Arabia's dominant faith. It is an austere form of Islam that insists on a literal interpretation of the Koran. Strict Wahhabis believe that all those who don't practice their form of Islam are heathens and enemies. Critics say that Wahhabism's rigidity has led it to misinterpret and distort Islam, pointing to extremists such as Osama bin Laden and the Taliban. Wahhabism's explosive growth began in the 1970s when Saudi charities started funding Wahhabi schools (madrassas) and mosques from Islamabad to Culver City, California. Here are excerpts from FRONTLINE's interviews with Mai Yamani, an anthropologist who studies Saudi society; Vali Nasr, an authority on Islamic fundamentalism; Maher Hathout, spokesperson for the Islamic Center of Southern California; and Ahmed Ali, a Shi'a Muslim from Saudi Arabia. (Also see the Links and Readingssection of this site for more analyses of Wahhabism and Saudi Arabia.)
If you go to school in Saudi Arabia, what do you learn about people who are not followers of Wahhabi, of the prophet?
The religious curriculum in Saudi Arabia teaches you that people are basically two sides: Salafis [Wahhabis], who are the winners, the chosen ones, who will go to heaven, and the rest. The rest are Muslims and Christians and Jews and others.
They are either kafirs, who are deniers of God, or mushrak, putting gods next to God, or enervators, that's the lightest one. The enervators of religion who are they call the Sunni Muslims who ... for instance, celebrate Prophet Mohammed's birthday, and do some stuff that is not accepted by Salafis.
And all of these people are not accepted by Salafi as Muslims. As I said, "claimant to Islam." And all of these people are supposed to be hated, to be persecuted, even killed. And we have several clergy -- not one Salafi clergy -- who have said that against the Shi'a and against the other Muslims. And they have done it in Algeria, in Afghanistan. This is the same ideology. They just have the same opportunity. They did it in Algeria and Afghanistan, and now New York. ...
originally posted by: Kapusta
Salafi Muslim here.
This is completely crap. Without going into all the fine detail of all this.
I'll keep it short...
This khuaraij ideology has been around since before abdule wahab. What they did was essentially hijacked the teachings of this particular school of thought and innovated it with their own ideology and claimed to be salafi /wahabi. When in reality they are Khuaraij.
Abdule bin Wahab simply took everything back to the Quran and sunna. After Mohammad (pbuh) died their was a tremendous amount of bid'ah in scripture. Thus forming differing sects of Islam. abdule bin wahab essentially restored Islam back to its orginal roots.
Their is a difference between "khuaraij salafi" or and salafiyyah.
I'll find some more information on it if your interested.
salaf-us-saalih.com...
originally posted by: Willtell
originally posted by: Kapusta
Salafi Muslim here.
This is completely crap. Without going into all the fine detail of all this.
I'll keep it short...
This khuaraij ideology has been around since before abdule wahab. What they did was essentially hijacked the teachings of this particular school of thought and innovated it with their own ideology and claimed to be salafi /wahabi. When in reality they are Khuaraij.
Abdule bin Wahab simply took everything back to the Quran and sunna. After Mohammad (pbuh) died their was a tremendous amount of bid'ah in scripture. Thus forming differing sects of Islam. abdule bin wahab essentially restored Islam back to its orginal roots.
Their is a difference between "khuaraij salafi" or and salafiyyah.
I'll find some more information on it if your interested.
salaf-us-saalih.com...
Then tell us who are ISIS, Bin Laden, Taliban, and ALL THOSE MURDERERS IN JAIL?
Tell us they aren’t Salafi/Wahhabis?
Where are all the non Salafi Wahhabi Islamic Terrorists?
You might get some Shia who are fighting Israel
Your distorting realty
You CAN’T REFUTE ANYHTING WITH FACTS
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: Kapusta
en.wikipedia.org...
with all due respect
You're concocting a distortion( or you're teachers have done so and you're just repeating it) to cover up you're brothers in faith.
I don't and wont get in nay doctrinal religious debate
Its not what people want to hear
Well just stick to the facts of history
3][4] The Kharijites developed extreme doctrines that further set them apart from both mainstream Sunni and Shiʿa Muslims. They were particularly noted for adopting a radical approach to Takfir.[citation needed]
A Khariji later assassinated Ali, and for hundreds of years the Khawarij were a source of insurrection against the Caliphate.[3] They survive today in small numbers in more moderate forms.[3]
originally posted by: Willtell
a reply to: Kapusta
My friend, every school of thought in all religions claim purity and that their ideology is the real deal...
Salafism is no different. Religious dogma and rhetoric.
This reform in many peoples opinion was too extreme and is based on their subjective analysis and has brought great harm on the reputation of Islam to say the least.
The fact is Salafi is an extreme intolerant doctrine that has deluded so many of their followers that they have turned to unjust violence against Muslims and non Muslims, a grievous sin in the eyes of most people of religion.
Your Salafism has produced the Taliban, ISIS, and those many other groups who have taken upon themselves the actions of archangels and commit in the name of your sect... MURDER, Oppression, rape and all kind of crimes suitable for any Genghis Khan Type conquerors and medieval religious persecutors.
This has fouled the name of Islam more than anything in its history.
Allah will be the judge
Hadhi says Christians are “shirk” and “evil” and Muslims can take their property.
In his sermon/lecture in the YouTube audio below, Qadhi begins by calling Christians “shirk” for being “polythesists” who believe in the Triune God (three persons in one God), instead of Islam’s “monotheist” god Allah.