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Wahhabism en · PROPN

Etymology

Calque of Arabic وَهَّابِيَّة (wahhābiyya). From Wahhab + -ism. Named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Relateds

Salafism · Wahhabist · Wahhabite · Wahhab · Wahhabi

Translations (24)

it wahabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · ru ваххаби́зм (branch of Sunni Islam) · sh vahabizam (branch of Sunni Islam) · cs wahhábismus (branch of Sunni Islam) · th วะฮาบีย์ (branch of Sunni Islam) · pt Wahabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · ar وَهَّابِيَّة (branch of Sunni Islam) · he והאביה (branch of Sunni Islam) · hi वहाबवाद (branch of Sunni Islam) · es wahhabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · ja ワッハーブ派 (branch of Sunni Islam) · pt Wahhabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · pt wahhabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · fa وهابیت (branch of Sunni Islam) · eo vahabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · pl wahhabizm (branch of Sunni Islam) · ur وہابیت (branch of Sunni Islam) · nl wahabisme (branch of Sunni Islam) · pt wahabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · it wahhabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · es wahabismo (branch of Sunni Islam) · de Wahhabismus (branch of Sunni Islam) · fr wahhabisme (branch of Sunni Islam) · cmn 瓦哈比派 (branch of Sunni Islam)