The majority of the worlds Wahhabis are from [9]Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. 22.9% of all [9]Saudis are Wahhabis (concentrated in Najd). [9]46.87% of Qataris and 44.8% of Emiratis are [9]Wahhabis. 5.7% of Bahrainis are Wahhabis and [9]2.17% of Kuwaitis are Wahhabis. Wahhabism is the official version of Islam in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, [10]Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. A number of terrorist organizations adhering to the Wahhabi movement include al-Qaeda, the [11]Taliban, and, more recently, ISIS. The radical takfiri beliefs of Wahhabism enables its followers to label non-Wahhabi and mainstream Muslims as apostates along with non-Muslims, thus paving the [12][13]way for their bloodshed. In July 2013, European Parliament identified the Wahhabi movement as the source of global terrorism and a threat to traditional and diverse Muslim cultures of [14]the whole world. Many buildings associated with early Islam, including mazaars, mausoleums, and other artifacts, have been destroyed in Saudi Arabia by Wahhabis from the early 19th century [15][16]through the present day. Initially, Wahhabism was a revivalist movement instigated by an eighteenth century theologian, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703–1792) from [17]Najd, Saudi Arabia, who was opposed by his own father and brother for his non-traditional [18]interpretation of Islam. He attacked a perceived moral decline and political weakness in the Arabian Peninsula and condemned what he perceived as idolatry, the popular cult of saints, [19]and shrine and tomb visitation, advocating a purging of the widespread practices by Muslims that he considered impurities and innovations in [1]Islam.
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