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Also Known As	Wahhābism • Wahābī • al-Muwaḥḥidūn • Wahhābīyah
Date	c. 1744 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Islam • extremism
Related People	Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb

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