Qatari Wahhabism vs. Saudi Wahhabism and the perils of top-down change
Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad inaugurates the Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab Mosque
By James M. Dorsey
A multi-domed, sand-coloured, architectural marvel, Doha’s biggest and national mosque, symbolizes Qatar’s complex and troubled relationship with Saudi Arabia. Its naming six years ago after an eighteenth century Islamic scholar, Mohammed Ibn Abdul Wahhab, the fou…
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