Tag: wahhabism

• When “Wahhabi” Became “Salafi”: How an Imported Ideology Reshaped Black American Muslim Life, by Imam Luqman Ahmad

  بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَبَعْد Before the 1980s, the word “Wahhabi” circulated in Muslim communities as a pejorative label—an accusation of harshness, rigidity, and an almost mechanical approach to faith. It started as a name people chose for themselves, and wore proudly, but outside the Kingdom…

  Imam Abu Laith Luqman Ahmad

  March 25, 2026

  Islam

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