Definition of Wahhabi in English:
Wahhabi
(also Wahabi)
nounPlural Wahhabiswəˈhɑːbi
A member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–92). It advocates a return to the early Islam of the Koran and Sunna, rejecting later innovations; the sect is still the predominant religious force in Saudi Arabia.
Example sentencesExamples
- The majority of the citizens and the ruling family are Sunni Muslims, specifically Wahhabis.
- It stays in power through a bargain with the conservative Wahhabi Muslim religious establishment.
- The rise of a Shiite-dominated Iraq supported by American power could well create new alliances between Sunnis and Wahhabis.
- He founded the Wahhabi sect of Islam, which is still followed in Saudi Arabia.
Derivatives
nounwəˈhɑːbɪz(ə)m
This was a group that emerged in the 1950s from a group of Palestinians and Saudis being very close to Wahhabism, the main Islamic tradition of Saudi Arabia.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sunni Wahhabism revived after World War II and Wahhabi Mujahidin were fierce participants in the Afghan civil war of 1979-89.
- The ceremony was not officially a state funeral, as the kingdom's strict version of Islam known as Wahhabism stresses the equality of all people in death.
- They largely adhere to a strict version of Sunni Islam commonly known as Wahhabism, which requires a literal reading of the Koran.
- He espouses the Islamic ideology of Wahhabism, the doctrine promoted by the Saudi royal family, and quite distinct from the Sunni faith practised by most Iraqi Kurds.
noun
A couple of weeks ago, I briefly quoted Lord Byron's thoughts on the fact that the Wahhabists had taken over the holy sites of Islam, from the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, published in 1812.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a broad question especially considering that Islamic belief is hardly monolithic (despite the efforts of the Wahhabists to ‘purify’ it).
Rhymes
Abu Dhabi, Babi, Darby, derby, kohlrabi, Mugabe, Punjabi