Wahhabism Spreading Across the Globe? by Jim Kouri, CPP

By Jim Kouri, CPP
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"Wahhabism is a fundamentalist movement, named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703-1792). It remains the dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia."

BULLET POINTS:

• Wahhabists see their role as a movement to restore Islam from what they perceive to be innovations, superstitions, deviances, heresies and idolatries.
  

• Wahhabism was considered a small sect within Islam until the discovery of oil in Arabia, in 1938. Enormous oil revenues provided the means to spread the beliefs of Wahhabism throughout the Middle East.

• US government and intelligence experts have reported that Islamic extremism is on the rise and that the spread of Islamic extremism is the preeminent threat facing the United States.
  

• According to reports, the State Department and USAID are carrying out efforts to counter the global propagation of Islamic extremism.

• A number of sources have reported that Saudi private entities and individuals, as well as sources from other countries, are allegedly financing or supporting Islamic extremism.

• The government agencies told GAO staff that Islamic extremism is being propagated by sources in countries other than Saudi Arabia, such as Iran, Kuwait, and Syria.
  

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