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Wahhabism: Understanding the Roots & Role Models of Islamic Extremism

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is adapted from Wahhabism: Understanding the Roots & Role Models of Islamic Extremism by Ustadz Zubayr Qamar.   The most extreme pseudo-Sunni movement today is Wahhabism, which also known as Salafism.   Wahhabi terror is not a recent phenomenon that has only targeted non-Muslims; orthodox Sunni Muslims were the first to be slaughtered in waves of Wahhabi massacres in Arabia hundreds of years ago.   Thousands of Sunni and Shi’ah Muslims perished at the hands of Wahhabi militants.   This is history.   The extreme interpretations of Wahhabism were previously confined to small pockets of Arabia.   It has survived to this day under the protection of the Saudi state’s religious organs; it is. Financed and propagated with revenues from Saudi oil.   This has transformed Wahhabism from a regional to a global threat.   To a Wahhabi, all those who differ with them, including Sunni Muslims, Shi’ah M...