Wahhabism

English

Etymology

From Wahhab ‎ -ism. Named after Islam theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab.

Proper noun

Wahhabism (uncountable)

1. (Islam) A Sunni Islamic fundamentalist reform movement based on the teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1703–1792), followed primarily in Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Related terms

• Wahhab
• Wahhabi
• Wahhabist
• Wahhabite

 

Translations

branch of Sunni Islam

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: وَهَّابِيَّة f (wahhābiyya)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦哈比派 (Wǎhābǐ pài)

• Czech: wahhábismus m
• Dutch: wahabisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: vahabismo
• French: wahhabisme (fr) m
• German: Wahhabismus (de) m
• Hebrew: והאביה f (wahábiya)
• Hindi: वहाबी (hi) m (vahābī)
• Italian: wahhabismo m, wahabismo m
• Japanese: ワッハーブ派 (Wahhābu-ha)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Persian: وهابیت
• Portuguese: wahabismo m, Wahabismo m, wahhabismo, Wahhabismo m
• Russian: ваххаби́зм (ru) m (vaxxabízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: vahabizam m
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: wahhabismo m, wahabismo m
• Thai: วะฮาบีย์
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: وہابیت (ohābet)
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Salafism