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Muhammad Ibn Abd al-Wahhab Among the least understood of the thinkers and leaders who have shaped the modern world is Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (c. 1702–c. 1791), the founder of the fundamentalist branch of Islamic thought and practice known as Wahhabism. Ibn Abd al-Wahhab's life... Read more
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