Wahhabism

American  

[wuh-hah-biz-uhm, wah-] / wəˈhɑ bɪz əm, wɑ- /

Also Wahhabiism

noun

1. the group of doctrines or practices of the Wahhabis.

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Etymology

Origin of Wahhabism

First recorded in 1820–30; Wahhab(i) + -ism

Example Sentences

Or one could argue the opposite: The presence of a unifying caliph might have, as it had for centuries, moderated the expansion of marginal extremist movements such as Wahhabism or, in our time, Islamic State.

From The Wall Street Journal

An adherent of Wahhabism, a conservative and fundamentalist interpretation of Sunni Islam, he hopes to rally a population exhausted by over a decade of conflict.

From Barron's

Saudi Arabia is the cradle of the austere Sunni doctrine known as Wahhabism, which embraces a strict interpretation of Islamic law.

From Barron's

That country’s Wahhabism had arisen as a puritan reform of Sunnism in the 18th century.

From Salon

Following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and a militant attack on the Grand Mosque at Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s rulers soon further embraced Wahhabism, an ultraconservative Islamic doctrine born in the kingdom.

From Seattle Times