… entrenching the country’s Hindu-Muslim religious divide. The controversy erupted … when the public display of Muslim religiosity has proved increasingly contentious, … among Muslims too, with Wahhabism and other strident interpretations of Islam being …

… underground by Islamist militants decades ago, because followers of certain Muslim traditions … have several practices that strict Muslims from other sects find objectionable … idol worship. Islamic scholars from sects like the strict Wahhabism based in …

… support for the radical Islamic movement of Wahhabism. In the North Caucasus … of the 18th-century Arab religious reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al … religious life. Among the population of the region, the attitude towards ‘Wahhabism …

… Islam, grave worship is strictly prohibited. That is why, the Muslims are … to their strict interpretations of Islam, Wahhabism and Salafism strongly condemn the … indulged in tremendous appeasement of Muslims. This includes funding madarasas, providing …

… and believed Wahhabism might produce a kind of “Protestant Islam,” more compatible … their religion, to the Muslims their religion.” So Medina was not declared an “Islamic … State” in which Islam …

… a rational interpretation of the religious message. Islamic thought had a profound … Muslim Brotherhood, but above all, the doctrines associated with Salafism and Wahhabism … . For instance, Sayyid Qutb, a leading theorist of the Muslim …

… East and the Islamic State’s ideological foundation in Wahhabism – an ideology … in a string of enormous religious edifices. It boasted eight minarets … -centered socialism and Arab nationalism. Muslim Brotherhood and IIP members were …

… are managed entirely by Muslims, and the government … Mecca.” “Sects within Islam, such as Wahhabism and Salafism, vehemently … this misplaced sympathy for royal Islamic invaders’ tombs ?” 3 … in massive appeasement of Muslims. This includes funding madarasas …

… Saudi Arabia—a hub of Wahhabism—as a key ally, while … branding is “Sufi Islam,” “plain vanilla Islam,” or “civilised Islam,” the core objective … the same: pit Muslims against one another. Regulate the religion. Exalt one …

… ideologies. Movements such as Salafism, Wahhabism, and the more recent Deobandi … romanticize an imagined Islamic utopia while condemning local religious sensibilities. What they … reviving cultural consciousness among Maharashtra Muslims The Author is the Nayeb …