Where Is Wahhabism?

Where Is Wahhabism? Wahhabism is extensively practised in Saudi Arabia, but has since spread. The term Wahhabism is often seen as derogatory – followers were first called it by their opponents. Where did Wahhabism originate? Wahhābī, also spelled Wahābī, any adherent of the Islamic reform movement founded by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb in the 18th