Wahhabism as Ideology of Radical Religious Extremism

Abstract

Key words: radical movement, shariah (Islamic jurisprudence), wahhabism, bid’ah, mutazilit, hanafism, hanbalism, madhab (school of teaching), radical extremist ideology, ij’moh, comparison, Sufism, Caliphate.

Annotation: the article is devoted to expose the history of origin of wahhabism – radical religious extremist ideology which is increasingly globalized all over the world, its evolution, dispersing and hazardous aspects. Similarly, the article includes information about unique features of wahhabism extremist movement, its movement tendencies, the resources of activity, social roots and bases; it has been pointed out in the article about how dangerous movement it is that negatively impacts on the youth.