Indian reformists were rooted in Sufi practice rather than Arabian Wahhabism

Evidence

Although there are general similarities with Arabian adherents to Abdul Wahhab, Indian reformers had deep roots in South Asian Islam and therefore connected more with Sufi practices. — Robin Alexander Plant, Discuss the Relationship Between…, 17

Categorization

• DEFINE: The key factual correction: the label ‘Wahhabi’ was applied to movements whose actual practice was Sufi-inflected South Asian Islam.
• SHARE: Send to anyone who works on South Asian Islam or colonial India — a crisp single fact that corrects the standard colonial categorization.