Saudi wealth transformed Wahhabism into a global ideology under the guise of Salafism

Evidence

Since the 1960s, Saudi Arabia has used its wealth, power, and geography to propagate Wahhabi teachings under the guise of Salafism, and by doing so, transformed Wahhabism into a global ideology. Over the past six decades, Saudi-sponsored scholarship, preaching, philanthropy, social activism, and jihadist movements have propagated Wahhabi teachings among Muslims worldwide by presenting Wahhabism’s understanding of the first generations of Islam as a matter of fact and have trained generations of scholars in methodologies that would vindicate Wahhabi doctrines. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1842

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Connects to the reader’s interest in manufactured/constructed identities: Wahhabism is deliberately propagated as a global movement via constructed ‘Salafi’ branding — manufactured solidarity through external sponsorship.
• XREF: connects to: Oil wealth visibly underwrote the Islamic revival and enabled reversal of West-Muslim power relations — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 318; Saudi petrodollars laundered and popularized radical Islamist ideas worldwide — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 484; Saudi economic influence after 1973 hardened religious politics and toppled Bhutto (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Saudi petrodollars laundered and popularized radical Islamist ideas worldwide #corroborates (0.95) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 484
• Saudi Wahhabism displaced Arab secular nationalism after the 1973 war #expands (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 235
• Saudi economic influence after 1973 hardened religious politics and toppled Bhutto #expands (0.80)
• Oil wealth visibly underwrote the Islamic revival and enabled reversal of West-Muslim power relations #expands (0.75) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 318
• Ibn Taymiyya’s doctrines link Wahhabism and ISIS through takfir #expands (0.72) — Asena Karipek, Portrayals of Jihad, 71
• ISIS middle-school curricula treated Wahhabism’s central text as their most heavily weighted subject. #instantiates (0.70) — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized, 1934