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NEW: The Ministry of Information and Culture of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban-ruled Afghanistan) has issued a list of books that will be banned, including 'Kitab Al-Tawheed'
This is good news for Afghanistan & for Islam as a whole, as it shows that the Taliban is taking a clear stance against Wahhabism, and steps towards mainstream Islam.
Kitab Al-Tawheed, ('The Book of Monotheism'), is a famous work by the 18th century Islamic scholar Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, the spiritual founder of the radical Wahhabi stream of Islam, which lies at the root of most terrorist groups that have emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries, such as ISIS, Al-Nusrah, and Al-Qaeda.
Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab was an ultra-fundamentalist reformer who sought to 'return Islam to its original state', expanding on the works of earlier scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah, who was repeatedly jailed during his lifetime for being too controversial and going against traditional Sunni Islamic scholarship.
In 1744, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab made a pact with the Emir of Dir'iyya, Imam Muhammad Bin Saud, which eventually led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
In this pact, the house of Saud agreed to implement and expand the Wahhabi doctrine of Islam within its Kingdom and outside its borders, in exchange for Islamic scholars associated with the Wahhabi movement guaranteeing the legitimacy of the House of Saud's rule over the Hejaz, the Islamic holy land containing Mecca and Medina, located in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
A fact that needs to be thoroughly understood, is that Wahhabism was tacitly supported by the West, especially Britain, as the ideology focused mostly on dividing and criticizing fellow Muslims, and less on confronting colonial / hegemonic powers in the region. This can still be seen in the modern day, where most Wahhabi groups do not prioritize fighting against the West or Israel.
From the end of the 20th century onwards, this new extremist ideology was spread across the globe, financed by Saudi oil money & supported by the West, filling the Madrassas (Islamic Seminaries) in countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Tunisia, and others, which led to an entire generation of radical Wahhabi scholars that influenced the masses and moved millions of Muslims away from mainstream Islam towards radical thought. This laid the foundation of 'Islamic' terrorism in the modern age.
From 1744 until this day, the pact of Dir'iyya remains intact, and Wahhabism is still the most prevalent Islamic school of thought inside Saudi Arabia, despite some minor amendments and liberalization. If you have heard of 'Salafism', this is simply a re-branded name for Wahhabism, and it still extremely influential throughout the world.
උපුටාගැනීම : @Middle_East_Spectator



This is good news for Afghanistan & for Islam as a whole, as it shows that the Taliban is taking a clear stance against Wahhabism, and steps towards mainstream Islam.
Kitab Al-Tawheed, ('The Book of Monotheism'), is a famous work by the 18th century Islamic scholar Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab, the spiritual founder of the radical Wahhabi stream of Islam, which lies at the root of most terrorist groups that have emerged in the 20th and 21st centuries, such as ISIS, Al-Nusrah, and Al-Qaeda.
Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab was an ultra-fundamentalist reformer who sought to 'return Islam to its original state', expanding on the works of earlier scholars such as Ibn Taymiyyah, who was repeatedly jailed during his lifetime for being too controversial and going against traditional Sunni Islamic scholarship.
In 1744, Muhammad Ibn Abd Al-Wahhab made a pact with the Emir of Dir'iyya, Imam Muhammad Bin Saud, which eventually led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
In this pact, the house of Saud agreed to implement and expand the Wahhabi doctrine of Islam within its Kingdom and outside its borders, in exchange for Islamic scholars associated with the Wahhabi movement guaranteeing the legitimacy of the House of Saud's rule over the Hejaz, the Islamic holy land containing Mecca and Medina, located in modern-day Saudi Arabia.
A fact that needs to be thoroughly understood, is that Wahhabism was tacitly supported by the West, especially Britain, as the ideology focused mostly on dividing and criticizing fellow Muslims, and less on confronting colonial / hegemonic powers in the region. This can still be seen in the modern day, where most Wahhabi groups do not prioritize fighting against the West or Israel.
From the end of the 20th century onwards, this new extremist ideology was spread across the globe, financed by Saudi oil money & supported by the West, filling the Madrassas (Islamic Seminaries) in countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Tunisia, and others, which led to an entire generation of radical Wahhabi scholars that influenced the masses and moved millions of Muslims away from mainstream Islam towards radical thought. This laid the foundation of 'Islamic' terrorism in the modern age.
From 1744 until this day, the pact of Dir'iyya remains intact, and Wahhabism is still the most prevalent Islamic school of thought inside Saudi Arabia, despite some minor amendments and liberalization. If you have heard of 'Salafism', this is simply a re-branded name for Wahhabism, and it still extremely influential throughout the world.
උපුටාගැනීම : @Middle_East_Spectator