Definition of "wahabi" [wahabi]

• One of the followers of Abd-el-Wahhab (1691-1787), a Mohammedan reformer, who opposed all practices not sanctioned by the Koran. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Taliban are wahabi muslims and they use drugs to make a living."
• "Meanwhile, for the one Obama-is-a-wahabi nut I met at the bus stop, I have met many others who were really interested to hear what I had to say in favor of Sen Obama, so as a campaign strategy I dare say that bus-riding has been a net-plus."
• "ABC: I think we can go on conversing but many people in the Muslim world, probably the overwhelming majority – certainly the overwhelming majority of educated Muslims – would say we actually need some support, some deepening, some strengthening in resisting the sort of neo-puritan Sawafi wahabi trends which wipe out Islamic history and make Islam something rather barbaric."