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What does Wahhabism mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Islam) A branch of Sunni Islam practised by those who follow the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab
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Over the past few years, there have allegedly been attempts to force Shiites to convert to Wahhabism.
Some of the more radical Iranian Shiites responded by declaring Wahhabism, which is a form of Shiism in Saudi Arabia, a form of heresy.
Wahhabism is a Sunni sect, which is the state religion, if you like, of Saudi Arabia.
Belonging to the same religious movement, Wahhabism, strengthens this union even more.
The Saudis, with their puritanical and iconoclastic creed of Wahhabism, have made things much worse, he believes.
They are articulating this violent form of Wahhabism in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other areas.

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