What is Wahhabism?

Wahhabism is the fountain from which Islamists take their ideas. It is a strict and most literal interpretation of the Quran introduced by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in the 18th century. IslamistWatch is aquiring original texts by al-Wahhab. The following link provides an absolutely excellent analysis and summary of Wahhabism, and, by extension, of the entire Islamist movement. The original article appears on the website the Russian Journal, and is attributed to Alexander Ignatenko. Ignatenko does a great job of exposing the Wahhabists as religious reformers -- but "reforming" religion is something which Wahhabism denouces categorically. Thus Wahhabism is actually heretical at its very core. Please use the link to the Russian Journal to read the article; however if that does not work for some reason then use the link to the local copy.

Ordinary Wahhabism, Russian Journal
Ordinary Wahhabism, Local Copy