Wahhabi Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Islamic reform movement
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Muwahhidun
gptkb:Wahhabism
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:House_of_Saud
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkbp:criticizedFor many Muslim scholars
gptkbp:denomination Sunni Islam
gptkbp:emphasizes gptkb:Tawhid
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Wahhab
gptkbp:foundedIn 18th century
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Riyadh
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wahhabi Movement
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Salafism
Saudi state formation
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hanbali_school
gptkb:Ibn_Qayyim_al-Jawziyya
gptkb:Ibn_Taymiyyah
gptkbp:key gptkb:Kitab_al-Tawhid
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Muhammad_ibn_Ibrahim_Al_ash-Sheikh
gptkb:Abdullah_ibn_Muhammad_ibn_Abd_al-Wahhab
gptkb:Ibn_Baz
gptkb:Abd_al-Aziz_ibn_Saud
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Sufism
mythology
idolatry
saint veneration
innovations in religion (bid'ah)
Shi'a practices
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Najd
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:Arabian_Peninsula
gptkb:Qatar
gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates
parts of Africa
gptkbp:status dominant in Saudi Arabia
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:First_Saudi_State
gptkb:Second_Saudi_State
gptkb:Third_Saudi_State
gptkbp:teaches return to Quran and Sunnah
purification of Islamic practice
rejection of superstitions
gptkbp:viewsOn literal interpretation of Quran and Hadith
strict monotheism
gptkbp:viewsOnArt iconoclasm
gptkbp:viewsOnEducation religious education focus
gptkbp:viewsOnGovernment support for Islamic monarchy
gptkbp:viewsOnLaw strict Sharia
gptkbp:viewsOnNonMuslims strict separation
gptkbp:viewsOnWomen conservative gender roles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sunni_Social_Movements
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7