Wahhabism

Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
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Wahhabism

Summary

Wahhabism is a religious movement[1]. Wahhabism ranks in the top 4% of religious_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wahhabism's religion is recorded as Islam[3].
  • Wahhabism's instance of is recorded as religious movement[4].
  • Wahhabism's instance of is recorded as Islamic denomination[5].
  • Wahhabism's founder is recorded as Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab[6].
  • Wahhabism is associated with the Athari movement[7].
  • Wahhabism is associated with the Salafism movement[8].
  • Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab is named after Wahhabism[9].
  • Wahhabism is a type of Salafism[10].
  • Wahhabism's Commons category is recorded as Wahhabism[11].
  • Wahhabism's country of origin is recorded as Emirate of Diriyah[12].
  • Wahhabism's country of origin is recorded as First Saudi State[13].
  • Wahhabism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wahhabism[14].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[17].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[18].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Castes and Tribes of Southern India[20].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Q140367391[21].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Q25452707[22].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Q141497181[23].
  • Wahhabism's described by source is recorded as Q141466195[24].
  • Wahhabism's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الوهابية'}[25].
  • Wahhabism's different from is recorded as Islamic fundamentalism[26].
  • Wahhabism's different from is recorded as Salafism[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include religious movement[4] and Islamic denomination[5]. Wahhabism is a type of Salafism[10].

Origins

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab is named after Wahhabism[9]. Wahhabism's founder is recorded as Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab[6].

Movements and Schools

Movements include Athari[7] and Salafism[8].

Why It Matters

Wahhabism ranks in the top 4% of religious_movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month).[2] Wahhabism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Wahhabism is known by 136 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca'
    Gnd id → 4188903-4
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 15d ago · TheEagle107 · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q141466195]]"
  3. 16d ago · TheEagle107 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q141497181]]"
  4. 16d ago · TheEagle107 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia +7
    Wikidata description → Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q140367391]]"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0263566-vahhabismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0263566-vahhabismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Islamic fundamentalism, Salafism
    Country of origin → Emirate of Diriyah, First Saudi State
    Named after → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29066, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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