Wahhabis differ from traditional Sunnis in that they believe in the literal interpretation of the words of the prophet Mohammad. They are extremely puritanical and legalistic in matters of faith and religious practice. They believe such things as music, photographs, annual feasts, etc to be contrary to Islam. They do not accept any other branches of Islam and consider them heretics and killing them is not considered a sin.
The preachers, most of whom were trained in Saudi Arabia, preached a violent and xenophobic version of Islam. They preached hatred of non-Muslims with a very strong anti-western tone.
Another example of Saudi support of this extremism was recently exposed in Algeria, where the government had to pass laws to prohibit certain Wahhabi rituals and activities imported from Saudi Arabia.
Yet another example of the Saudi Arabia's support for this extremist ideology and spreading of terror is the creation of religious schools or madrassas. Dr Vali Nasr, an authority on Islamic Fundamentalism argues that: "all of these groups are rooted in a network of seminaries, or as the term is called in the local vernacular, "madrassa." My argument was that the main source of funding for these groups is Saudi Arabia. In fact, this whole phenomenon that we are confronting, which Al Qaeda is a part of, is very closely associated with Saudi Arabia's financial and religious projects for the Muslim world as a whole. ...
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