Wahhabism
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Wahhabism is a Salafi revivalist movement within Sunni Islam named after the 18th-century Hanbali scholar Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. It was initially established in the central Arabian region of Najd
Islamic miniature depicting Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Portrait of a musketeer from the First Saudi State (Emirate of Diriyah).
Salafi scholar Muhammad Rashid Rida (Arabic: محمد رشيد رضا; AH 1282–1354) made vital contributions in the rehabilitation of Wahhabism across the Arab World during the early 20th-century
Photo of a marketplace in the town of Al-Hasa c. 1922
Kharijites
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The Kharijites were an Islamic sect which emerged during the First Fitna. The first Kharijites were supporters of Ali who rebelled against his acceptance of arbitration talks to settle the conflict wi
Wahhabism
…may also refer to doctrinal differences distinct from other forms of Sunni Islam. Non-Wahhabi Sunnis also have compared Wahhabism to the belief of the Kharijites and loyalist monarchism. In 2013, a study commissioned by the European Parliament and authored by Claude Moniquet identified Wahhabism as the main…
Persian miniature, likely depicting Ali at the Battle of Siffin, created in Safavid Iran, dated 1516
The Battle of Nahrawan; an Ottoman miniature painting from 16th/17th century
A 1909 photograph of the Nahrawan Canal
Arab-Sasanian dirham of the Azariqa leader Qatari ibn al-Fuja'a, struck circa 694–695, with the Kharijite slogan la hukma illa li-llah on the obverse margin