The human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has uncovered what it says is systematic discrimination against ...

Twentieth century erosion of the traditional way of life and buildings in this Jeddah district is being countered in Allies ...

Radical Political Islam Since the early 1990s, Islamic radicalism has been more closely identified with the Saudi-based Salafi Wahhabi doctrine, which was developed in the 18th century by the famed ...

UNIVERSITI Sains Malaysia political scientist Dr Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid is ringing the alarm bell. Having studied political Islam for years, he says it is time to alert the authorities that ...

According to Knysh, the most basic characteristic of Islam according to the Salafi/Wahhabi creed is jihad, which serves as an animating force behind Islamic faith. If it is neglected by Muslims, then ...

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His male subjects could approach him personally for help or for justice, and they did. He made full use of the fact that he was the hereditary imam, or leader, of the Wahhabi sect of Islam. This ...