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| | Encyclopedia: First Saudi State |
 | | Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud was the second ruler of the First Saudi State and son of Muhammad bin Saud. | | | Concerned at the growing power of the Saudis the Ottoman Sultan instructed Mohammed Ali Pasha to reconquer the area. | | | Wahhabism (sometimes spelled Wahabbism or Wahabism) is a movement of Islam named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792). |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/First-Saudi-State
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| | Neil Quilliam and Maggie Kamel, Modernising Legitimacy: Saudi Strategies |
| | In doing so, the state re-occupied the space enjoyed by dissident clerics, and the official ulema were able to restore their claims to be the rightful guardians of Islamic discourse. | | | However, the state was less conciliatory in its approach towards the Shi'a community, as it could afford to discriminate against the community, as a whole, and its clerical class. | | | Hence, one finds the state imbued with an Islamic mission, and this is partially fulfilled through the Islamic education system and the activities of the muttawa'in. |
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http://www.alternativesjournal.net/volume2/number2/kamel.htm
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| | Sadi Profile |
| | Saudi Arabia is the home of two of Islam's holy sanctuaries: Makkah the Blessed and Madinah the Radiant The Al-aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, enclosing the place from which the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven, completes the trio of venerated shrines in the Islamic world. | | | To Saudi Arabia, caring for the holy cites of Makkah, the birthplace of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, and Madinah, the Prophet's burial place, is a sacred trust exercised on behalf of all Muslims. | | | The flag of Saudi Arabia bears the Muslim creed: 'There is no god but God- Muhammad is the Messenger of God." The official emblem is a date palm, representing vitality and growth, and two crossed swords, symbolizing justice and strength rooted in faith. |
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http://www.un.int/saudiarabia/sa-prfl.htm
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| | Islam: A Global civilization |
| | At first the great physicians among Muslims were mostly Christian but by the 9th century Islamic medicine, properly speaking, was born with the appearance of the major compendium, The Paradise of Wisdom (Firdaws al-hikmah) by 'Ali ibn Rabban al-Tabari, who synthesized the Hippocratic and Galemic traditions of medicine with those of India and Persia. | | | The Saudi family rules to this day in that land, considering itself first and foremost as Khadim al-Haramayn, that is, servant of the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah. | | | The young Muhammad, however was a believer in the One God all of his life and never participated in the idolatrous practices of his tribe. |
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http://www.ldolphin.org/islamiad.html
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| | History |
| | Fortified with the sense of commitment to a set of ideals laid down by God, the First Saudi State established by Muhammad Bin Saud prospered with the spiritual guidance of Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab, known simply as the Sheikh. | | | The most important result of that meeting was the institutionalization of a set of principles that has served as the main pillar of the Saudi State ever since - the teachings of the Holy Qur'an and the sunnah (teachings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad). | | | During that meeting, Emir Muhammad Bin Saud, the ruler of Dariyah and the central Najd region of the peninsula, and Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahhab, a Muslim scholar and reformer, reached a compact to dedicate their lives to restoring the pure teachings of Islam to the Muslim community. |
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http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/ksa100/html/history.html
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| | This was the first such sect but by no means the last, and throughout the history of Islam the quiet of religious life was broken many times by marginal groups who tried to impose their extremist views on the majority by violent means. | | | As early as the first century of the Muslim calendar, Islam has known radical sects who demanded blind adherence to their rigid reading of the articles of faith, side by side with mainstream Islam, whose adherents eschew violence and extremism and do not profess to hold a monopoly on Truth. | | | The phenomenon began with the emergence of the Khawarij (Seceders) in 660 AD, (the middle of the first Hejira century), a sect which preached a dogmatic interpretation of Scripture and practiced a version of excommunication by branding those who did not adopt its teachings as heretics. |
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http://www.heggy.org/tolerant_islam.htm
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| | UCLA International Institute :: Wahhabism, bin Ladenism, and the Saudi Arabia Dilemma |
| | While the ulema were very influential in cultural life, the religious ideals of Wahhabism were translated politically into a state ideology in which the primary duty of Saudis was to obey their rulers. | | | Wahhabism is a movement within Islam based on the 18th century teachings of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. | | | Their deferrals often were not based on religious principles, but rather on the idea of "Wilayat ul-A'hed," or inherited authority; according to this idea, the leader has the right to decide certain things, such as when jihad will begin and end. |
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http://www.isop.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=25057
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| | Saudi Arabia (08/05) |
| | Saudi Arabia is known as the birthplace of Islam, which in the century following Muhammad's death in 632 A.D. spread west to Spain and east to India. | | | The leading members of the royal family choose the king from among themselves with the subsequent approval of the ulema. | | | Islam obliges all Muslims to make the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Makkah, at least once during their lifetime if they are able to do so. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3584.htm
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| | Ambassador talks to major foreign policy-security group |
| | I am a member of the Al Saud House and I am at the same time a follower of Muhammad ibn Abdulwahab's thought and principles which are derived and originated from one of the four main schools of thought and jurisprudence in Islam, namely, the Hanbali School. | | | The late Sheikh Muhammad Bin Salih Al-Uthaymeen, one of the senior Saudi religious scholars, a follower of Muhammad ibn Abdulwahab, was asked about attacking an enemy by blowing oneself up. | | | The organisation of the Islamic Conference and the Muslim World League, of which Saudi Arabia is a member, have stressed that those who commit terrorist acts have committed a cardinal sin, prohibited by Islam and contrary to God's order - and I quote - "Do not take life which God has made sacred". |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/saudi/050621-turki.htm
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| | Teach English in saudi arabia, Information on International House Schools in saudi arabia |
| | Medina, where the Prophet was buried, became the capital of the first Islamic state. | | | The Saudi state used much of its oil wealth to develop the Islamic holy sites and improve the services for the ever rising number of pilgrims. | | | The mosque functions as a focal point and community center for everything from Qu’ran reading competitions to raising money for the afflicted of the world. |
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http://www.ihworld.com/directory/countries.asp?country=SA
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| | Saudi-American Forum - Wahhabism - Saudi Arabia Relations Information |
| | This was used to discredit the reform movement of Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab in eighteenth century Arabia. | | | They accuse its members of supporting Islamic extremism and using an "extremist" interpretation of the Quran and the Prophet's Tradition. | | | In fact, Abdul Wahhab followed the Sunnah of the Prophet who ordered Muslims to obey authority. |
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http://www.saudi-american-forum.org/Newsletters/SAF_Essay_12.htm
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| | Abdullah bin Saud |
| | From 1818 to 1824 (1234 to 1240 AH), the Ottoman Empire maintained a few garrisons in Nejd, as a gesture of their dominance. | | | Fearing an independent Arabia, the Turks sent their governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, to destroy the fledgling Saudi state. | | | Ad Diriyah -- and Abd Allah with it -- fell. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/abdullah-bin-saud.htm
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| | Asia Times Online |
| | The first Saudi "state" was founded in 1744 by the first great al-Saud leader Muhammad bin Saud (who made the historic alliance with the religious reformer Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, the founder of "Wahhabism"). | | | How long Abdulaziz would survive, and whether Saudi Arabia would survive him as a unified land, were important questions starting to be asked nervously in Washington, London and other world capitals. | | | Talal is now back on track, and with him is his son al-Walid. |
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http://www.atimes.com/front/DC19Aa02.html
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| | Wahhabism -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | A major instance of this change is their anthropomorphic beliefs about God. | | | Wahhabism is an offending synonym for one form of (A militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the w) Salafism. | | | The spread of Wahhabi Islam has been facilitated by Saudi (A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water) oil revenues; Saudi laypeople, government officials and clerics have donated many tens of millions of dollars to create Wahhabi-oriented religious schools, newspapers and outreach organizations. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/w/wa/wahhabism.htm
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| | Islamic Saudi Academy |
| | Objectives: Introducing students to the religious and social life in Saudi Arabia before Islam; The changes that took place after prophet Mohammad, his life and accomplishments, in such away that picture him a model to be followed. | | | We also cover the Native Americans, the first people to live in Virginia, who are later joined by English colonists. | | | Objective: Introducing students to the history of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, culture, advancements in all aspects of life, the role of Islam in the life of its people, the strong and ever lasting ties between Government and people through out the long history of the Kingdom. |
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http://www.saudiacademy.net/html/Curriculum-LowerSchool.html
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| | The Saudi Arabian Information Resource - Saudi Arabia to celebrate 74th National Day |
| | On 9th Jumad Al-Awal 1351H the late King Abdul Aziz announced the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, following thirty-two years of sincere and dedicated struggle (Jihad), during which he laid down the bases of the nation in the light of the Holy Quran and the Sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet). | | | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia witnessed the great deeds of the late King Abdul Aziz, who captured the hearts and minds of the people of this country, after years of work on the path of his predecessors - the Al-Sauds. | | | The first Saudi state was established in 1157H, when the late Imam Mohammad bin Saud decided to support the call of Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulwahab, aimed at a return to the true Islam. |
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http://www.saudinf.com/main/y7500.htm
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| | Arabian Night |
| | Gold traces what he describes as the "Saudi-Wahhabi Covenant," the bargain between the House of Saud and the sect that traces its origins to Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his movement in the eastern Arabian peninsula at the beginning of the eighteenth century. | | | The alliance of 1744 was consecrated by a mithaq, or covenant, under which ibn Saud formed the first Saudi state, and Wahhabism became its ideology. | | | Over time, the clerics provided the ideological glue that sustained the Saudis through attacks from the Ottomans (who could not ignore the rivalry for suzerainty over Mecca and Medina and the threat to their legitimacy as Muslim rulers), from the Hashemites, and from the West. |
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http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/725weohr.asp
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| | The Ottoman Empire responded forcibly and ordered the governor of Egypt, Mohammad Ali, to destroy the Muwahiddun. | | | By the start of the 19th century, the movement controlled most of the Arabian peninsula, including much of what is now Oman, parts of Yemen and the holy cities of Makkah and Medina. | | | Biding their time until the Al-Rashids were weak, Abdulaziz and his father planned the restoration of their family's rule in central Arabia and the birth of the third and greatest Saudi state, which began 100 hijra years ago this month. |
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http://web.nps.navy.mil/~relooney/Arabia_MEED52.htm
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| | First Saudi State |
| | This historic era ended in 1817 (1233 H) when Ottoman troops invaded the Arabian peninsula under the command of Ibrahim, the son of Mohammed Ali Pasha. | | | It was established in the year 1744 (1157 H.) when Sheikh Mohammed Ibn Abdul Wahab settled in Diriyah and Prince Mohammed Ibn Saud agreed to support and espouse his cause, with a view to cleansing the Islamic faith from distortions. | | | The first era of the Saudi State lasted for about 75 years. |
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http://www.the-saudi.net/al-saud/first_state.htm
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| | The State Dept.'s Saudi-First Policy |
| | It’s by no means a panacea, but it seems as good as any place to start. | | | State went to the mat in part because it was responsible for giving visas to the three in the first place. | | | The flight manifest of the eight-plane delegation accompanying the Saudi would-be king had a problem. |
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=11101
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| | Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. | | | First Chamber of the States-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | | | First anniversary of the September 11, 2001 Attacks |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/f/fi/index.html
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| | Link TV - Mosaic - Saudi Arabia |
| | The station directors also said that there may include English-language programming in the future. | | | Satellite television has never been formally legalized in the kingdom, but it is widely watched there. | | | Saudi Arabia has three other national channels which are overseen by the Information Ministry. |
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http://www.worldlinktv.org/mosaic/countries/mossaudiarabia.php3
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