WAHABEES
\wˈahɐbˌiːz], \wˈahɐbˌiːz], \w_ˈa_h_ɐ_b_ˌiː_z]\
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In Islam, the followers of Abdel-Wahab, who, in the eighteenth century, raised a strong protest against the corruptions of Mohammedanism. Like Mohammed himself, they spread their opinions by force as well as by persuasion. Like the Western Puritans, they opposed themselves to all splendour and luxury, and forbade tobacco-smoking, as Mohammed had forbidden wine. The sect is still powerful, and may become more formidable.
By Henry Percy Smith
