Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the followers of Abd-el-Wahhab (1691-1787), a Mohammedan reformer, who opposed all practices not sanctioned by the Koran.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam
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Examples
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Taliban are wahabi muslims and they use drugs to make a living.
TEXAS FAITH: Should the Pentagon have "disinvited" Franklin Graham? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010
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Meanwhile, for the one Obama-is-a-wahabi nut I met at the bus stop, I have met many others who were really interested to hear what I had to say in favor of Sen Obama, so as a campaign strategy I dare say that bus-riding has been a net-plus.
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Meanwhile, for the one Obama-is-a-wahabi nut I met at the bus stop, I have met many others who were really interested to hear what I had to say in favor of Sen Obama, so as a campaign strategy I dare say that bus-riding has been a net-plus.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | With Kerry Backing Obama, What Will Ted Kennedy Do? 2009
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ABC: I think we can go on conversing but many people in the Muslim world, probably the overwhelming majority – certainly the overwhelming majority of educated Muslims – would say we actually need some support, some deepening, some strengthening in resisting the sort of neo-puritan Sawafi wahabi trends which wipe out Islamic history and make Islam something rather barbaric.
Interview with Roger Bolton for The Sunday Programme on Radio 4 2008
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Maybe Phillips is right and he will deliver America into the hands of black power, communist revival and wahabi extremism.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Especially the rather medieval Saudis with their wahabi religious police, the Matawah, on the lookout for hair peeking out from under abbayas and public beheadings!
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This is where the madrassas that teach the extremist wahabi form of Islam that says, hey, go kill Americans, Allah will bless you are allowed to flourish.
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Saudi Arabia wants 4 times the fair price for the oil commodity whilst skimming of the top the billions needed for it and Iran to fund wahabi Osama Bin Ladin's war against Europe and the USA.
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So Jimmy Carter, not Reagan, started and financed the global wahabi jihad to the tune of billions, what an interesting version of history.
Think Progress » LEAKED: How The Right-Wing Will Spin Tonight’s Speech 2005
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The UK is terrified to the point of soiling itself that extremist wahabi fundamentalists will take over.
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