Wahhabi (الوهابية) or Wahhabism 's a conservative form of Sunni Islam attributed to Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab, an 18th century scholar from what's today known as Saudi Arabia, who advocated a return to the practices of the first three generations of Islamic history. It was initiated to purge Islam of innovations and practices considered to be shirk in Islam. Wahhabism has predominantly influenced Saudi Arabia where people mainly follow Hanbali sch… (More on Wahhabi)