Discuss the critique of Western interpretations as presented in Haneef James Oliver's The "Wahhabi" Myth
What will be an ideal response?
• Haneef James Oliver reflects his position on the misinterpretations of Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab, in The "Wahhabi" Myth.
• There is no such thing as a Wahhabi, or follower of Wahhab.
• Orthodox Muslims in Saudi Arabia and other areas emphasize the oneness of God and the importance of Mohammed and the Rightly Guided caliphs, the salafiyya.
• To call them Wahhabis suggests that there is more than one correct interpretation of Islam, Oliver says.
• Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab was not a radical Muslim, his call for reform was based on the Quran.
• Osama bin Laden, Ayman al Zawahiri, and other members of al Qaeda do not follow the teachings of Wahhab, the Quran, or Islam.
• They are mystics who believe their personal experiences and theologies are superior to Mohammed.
• Oliver believes, as did Wahhab, that mystical Sufis corrupted Islam by emphasizing their own encounters with the holy and that al Qaeda follows this tradition.
• Mohammed provided the last revelation; there are no more Prophets despite Sufism and mystics in other religions.
• When terrorists are called Salafis, Wahhabis, or Salafi-Wahhabis, it completely miscasts and misinterprets Islam.
• Terrorists follow the teachings of Sayyid Qutb, who was neither an Islamic scholar nor a good Muslim.
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