Ok, the 18th century, or the 1700's a.d. was a long time after Christ, how many years after Mohhamad? Anyway it is a modern interpretation or possibly corruption of Islam, yes?
About 1100 years, IIRC.
Anyway it is a modern interpretation or possibly corruption of Islam, yes?
In a lot of ways, Wahhabism is to Islams sort of like Calvinism is to Christianity. I'm not saying Calvinists are murderous fanatics, mind you, but Wahhabis strip their faith down to what they consider it to be its logical essence, bereft of all adornment, much in the same way as Calvinists do.
Of course, Calvinism helped create the US, while Wahhabism is responsible for the ideology of Osama Bin Laden, so I certainly do not want to take this analogy too far.
If you look at the mosques built by Wahhabis, they look like parking garages, as opposed to the ornate, architectually advanced mosques built by the Ottomans and Moors. I think you can tell a lot about a religious group based on what kind of temples they build.